Quote by Oscar Wilde
The only thing that can console one for being poor is extravagance

The only thing that can console one for being poor is extravagance. – Oscar Wilde

Other quotes by Oscar Wilde

The longer I live the more keenly I feel that whatever was good enough for our fathers is not good enough for us. – Oscar Wilde

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Generations
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Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to. – Oscar Wilde

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Self-Control
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Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had merely been detected. – Oscar Wilde

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Columbus Day
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Capital is money, capital is commodities. By virtue of it being value, it has acquired the occult ability to add value to itself. It brings forth living offspring, or, at the least, lays golden eggs. – Karl Marx

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If God has allowed me to earn so much money, it is because He knows I give it all away. – Edith Piaf

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Those who believe money can do everything are frequently prepared to do everything for money. – Author Unknown

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France is a place where the money falls apart in your hands but you cant tear the toilet paper. – Billy Wilder

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