Quote by Oscar Wilde
What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do, is to r

What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do, is to revive the old art of Lying. – Oscar Wilde

Other quotes by Oscar Wilde

With an evening coat and a white tie, anybody, even a stock broker, can gain a reputation for being civilized. – Oscar Wilde

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Investment
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I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train. – Oscar Wilde

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Travel
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It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But… it is better to be good than to be ugly. – Oscar Wilde

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good
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Other Quotes from
Art
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Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic. – Ambrose Bierce

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Art

Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it. – C. S. Lewis

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Art

There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome. – Andre Gide

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Art

Art is not the application of a canon of beauty but what the instinct and the brain can conceive beyond any canon. When we love a woman we dont start measuring her limbs. – Pablo Picasso

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Art

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God is innocent. Noah built in a flood plain. – Author Unknown

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I think once youre in the public eye, whether youre a boss, a teacher or whatever you do, that youre automatically in the position of role model. You have people looking up to you, so whether you choose to accept it or not is a different question. – Talib Kweli

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You know, I had my mother and my father convincing me that he would be going back to Hollywood and hed be back with the actresses and dating them and that he wasnt serious about me at all. So I had him saying one thing to me and my parents telling me something else. – Priscilla Presley

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Theres always a miasma of misinformation emerging from the higher education sector as to which are the best courses to take. My advice would always be to ignore the perceived wisdom and look for the most reliable evidence on the ground. – David Puttnam

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