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Oscar Wilde Quotes: You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know.
         

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know.


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The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.



Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.



Always forgive your enemies nothing annoys them so much.

Always forgive your enemies nothing annoys them so much.



It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.



Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.



To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.



Be yourself; everyone else is taken.

Be yourself; everyone else is taken.



Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.



Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.



I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.





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If there is such a phenomenon as absolute evil, it consists in treating another human being as a thing.

If there is such a phenomenon as absolute evil, it consists in treating another human being as a thing.



Or was their guilt written plainly, and for all the world to see, across their face? Was it their face, in fact, for which they were guilty?

Or was their guilt written plainly, and for all the world to see, across their face? Was it their face, in fact, for which they were guilty?



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The true victory is the victory for democracy and pluralism.

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Past experience with fiscal austerity at home and overseas strongly suggests that it is best for the economy's long-run performance to restrain government spending rather than raise taxes.

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The Lord is a Father, the most tender and best of fathers. He cannot fail to be moved when His children appeal to Him.

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I had a very pleasant three years at Yale. I must say I did take it seriously, and consequently it took me a while to get over it.

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This page presents the quote "You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know.". Author of this quote is Oscar Wilde. This quote is about you think you know, humility, want, thinking,.