Quote by Oscar Wilde
History is merely gossip. But scandal is gossip made tedious by mo

History is merely gossip. But scandal is gossip made tedious by morality. – Oscar Wilde

Other quotes by Oscar Wilde

The State is to make what is useful. The individual is to make what is beautiful. – Oscar Wilde

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State
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A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her. – Oscar Wilde

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Love
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Pray dont talk to me about the weather, Mr. Worthing. Whenever people talk to me about the weather, I always feel quite certain that they mean something else. – Oscar Wilde

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Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. – Henry A. Kissinger

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My college, Fitzwilliam, was pretty good but unfashionable and I lived in digs so I was not part of the cloistered old college environment, which frankly was a bit intimidating. But I worked hard and settled in by exploring politics and girls. – Vince Cable

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Politics

George Clooneys Ides of March could be the most under-appreciated movie of the year. In 20 years theyre gonna go back and say, Oh, that was American politics in that time period. I follow politics, I love it, and that movie is so authentic. – Harvey Weinstein

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Politics

Adherents of the new religious right reject the separation of politics and religion, but they bring no spiritual insights to politics. – Christopher Lasch

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Politics

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It is a wise father that knows his own child. – William Shakespeare

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Books have to be read (worse luck it takes so long a time). It is the only way of discovering what they contain. A few savage tribes eat them, but reading is the only method of assimilation revealed to the West. – E.M. Forster

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Movies are like magic tricks. – Jeff Bridges

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