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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Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement. – Oscar Wilde

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The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or near relation. – Oscar Wilde

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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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I happen to feel that the degree of a persons intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting attitudes she can bring to bear on the same topic. – Lisa Alther

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Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes). – Walt Whitman

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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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