Oscar Wilde Quotes About Work
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Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.
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There is something tragic about the enormous number of young men there are in England at the present moment who start life with perfect profiles, and end by adopting some useful profession.
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To toil for a hard master is bitter, but to have no master to toil for is more bitter still.
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It is always with the best intentions that the worst work is done.
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One must have some sort of occupation nowadays. If I hadn't my debts I shouldn't have anything to think about.
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He rides in the row at ten o clock in the morning, goes to the Opera three times a week, changes his clothes at least five times a day, and dines out every night of the season. You don't call that leading an idle life, do you?
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Who am I to tamper with a masterpiece?
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The best way to enjoy your job is to imagine yourself without one.
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I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.
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Punctuality is the thief of time
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Work is the curse of the drinking classes.
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I have always been of the opinion that hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing whatever to do.
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When both a speaker and an audience are confused, the speech is profound.
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Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.
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Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.
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A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.
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