Oscar Wilde's Quote - If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how

Quote by Oscar Wilde

If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how

If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society here would be quite civilized. – Oscar Wilde

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How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive. – Oscar Wilde

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The English public, as a mass, takes no interest in a work of art until it is told that the work in question is immoral. – Oscar Wilde

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Women are made to be loved, not understood. – Oscar Wilde

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Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty; what is the matter with the rich is Uselessness. – George Bernard Shaw, Maxims for Revolutionists

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