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Quote by Oscar Wilde
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a m

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth. – Oscar Wilde

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Nobody of any real culture, for instance, ever talks nowadays about the beauty of sunset. Sunsets are quite old fashioned. To admire them is a distinct sign of provincialism of temperament. Upon the other hand they go on. – Oscar Wilde

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How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being. – Oscar Wilde

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Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter. – Oscar Wilde

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When one is pretending the entire body revolts. – Anaïs Nin

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Men weary as much of not doing the things they want to do as of doing the things they do not want to do. – Eric Hoffer

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Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble. – Samuel Johnson

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All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own. – Johann von Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther, 1774

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