There are times I’ve been in a disagreement with someone and I have accepted blame and apologized for everything just to not give them anything to keep arguing about. “Always forgive your enemies – nothing annoys them so much.” Oscar Wilde did not say, on his deathbed, “Either those curtains go or I do.” He is reported to have said something along the lines of “this wallpaper will be the death of me – one of us will have to go”, but not on his deathbed.”Ħ. “The following clarification was printed in the Guardian’s Corrections and clarifications column, Thursday October 18 2007. If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all. No man is rich enough to buy back his past. But it is better to be good than to be ugly. One or other of us has to go.” But sadly, Wikiquote corrected this and reports: It is better to be beautiful than to be good. He is also said to have something on his deathbed like, “My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. …which is especially true when faced with the many cheeses, desserts and breads of Paris. …which means Oscar and I would have been friends, acquaintances and enemies.Ĥ. “I can resist everything except temptation.” One should always have something sensational to read in the train.”ģ. “I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects.” Why be humble when you can be great?ġ. “I have nothing to declare except my genius.”Ģ. “I never travel without my diary. Second, he loved saying sensational things. Why do I love Oscar Wilde? First, great writer.
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