Quote by Oscar Wilde
The well-bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themsel

The well-bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves. – Oscar Wilde

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The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself. – Oscar Wilde

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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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People who honestly mean to be true really contradict themselves much more rarely than those who try to be consistent. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Everybody sets out to do something, and everybody does something, but no one does what he sets out to do. – George Moore

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All concords born of contraries. – Ben Jonson

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I have forced myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste. – Marcel Duchamp

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