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"The intellect is not a serious thing, and never has been. It is an instrument on which one plays, that is all." -
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Top 5 quotes from Oscar Wilde
"It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about, nowadays, saying things against one behind one's back that are absolutely and entirely true."
"Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught."
"One can always be kind to people about whom one cares nothing."
"There is luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else has a right to blame us."
"A kiss may ruin a human life."
Top 5 quotes from Intelligence
"A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
"An intelligence test sometimes shows a man how smart he would have been not to have taken it."
"I prefer rogues to imbeciles, because they sometimes take a rest."
"Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know."
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."
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