Quote by Oscar Wilde
If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesnt. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism. – Oscar Wilde

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Prayer must never be answered: if it is, it ceases to be prayer and becomes correspondence. – Oscar Wilde

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The word good has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man. – Gilbert K. Chesterton

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Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue. – Buddha

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Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards. – Diogenes

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