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Quote by Oscar Wilde
The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius. – Oscar Wilde

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I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability. – Oscar Wilde

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God
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Oscar Wilde
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Each of the professions means a prejudice. The necessity for a career forces every one to take sides. We live in the age of the overworked, and the under-educated; the age in which people are so industrious that they become absolutely stupid. – Oscar Wilde

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Career, Vocation
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Most of our modern portrait painters are doomed to absolute oblivion. They never paint what they see. They paint what the public sees, and the public never sees anything. – Oscar Wilde

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Portraits
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And be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you. Ephesians 4:32 – Bible

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We win by tenderness. We conquer by forgiveness. – Frederick William Robertson

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Forgiveness

When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues. – Honore de Balzac

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A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable. – Robert Fripp

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Its said in Hollywood that you should always forgive your enemies – because you never know when youll have to work with them. – Lana Turner

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I felt extremely uncomfortable as the focal point, in the spotlight. I really like the behind the scenes role, because all my freedom is there. – Brian Eno

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When a music teacher that I had at school was taken ill and we had a variety show and I had to fill in – thats when I realized I had a voice. – Lily Allen

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People who love soft methods and hate iniquity forget this, — that reform consists in taking a bone from a dog. Philosophy will not do it. – John Jay Chapman

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