A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
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Oscar WildeLady Windermere's Fan (1892), Act III, Lord Darlington defining a cynic
About Oscar Wilde
Irish playwright and wit, author of The Importance of Being Earnest. (1854-1900)
More from Oscar Wilde
- To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young (1894)
- Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.Lady Windermere's Fan (1892), Act III
- We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.Lady Windermere's Fan (1892), Act III
- I can resist everything except temptation.Lady Windermere's Fan (1892), Act I
- There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), ch. 1
- The truth is rarely pure and never simple.The Importance of Being Earnest (1895), Act I
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- He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.Lao Tzu
- The more he does for others, the happier he is. The more he gives to others, the wealthier he is.Lao Tzu
- It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.Seneca
- Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.Henry David Thoreau
- Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.Henry David Thoreau
- Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful, that's what matters to me.Steve Jobs
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