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[size=16pt]20 Great Oscar Wilde Quotes for our Political Times(my compilation)[/size]


2.By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, journalism keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.
Oscar Wilde . . .(this i dedicate to the nairaland community,u may replace the word journalism with the internet. . )

3.Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
Oscar Wilde. . .(Becomerich/alloy-emeka this ones for u)

5.I am not young enough to know everything.
Oscar Wilde. . .(for michelin,the.amaka,bk-babe99. . and all the teenagers on here)

6. Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
Oscar Wilde. . .(true for most of u hiding behind the computer to reveal your true nature as tribalists)

7. Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.
Oscar Wilde . . .(this for kobojunkie)

8.Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.
Oscar Wilde . . .(for the religious bigots in the house,both christian and muslim)

9.Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.
Oscar Wilde. . .( for the break nigeria up crowd)


11.The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.
Oscar Wilde. . .(for the various constituents of the forced marriage called nigeria)

12.The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.
Oscar Wilde. . .(for the hate fashola crowd)

13.There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.
Oscar Wilde. . .(for those nigerians,young and old who line up daily at foreign embassies)

14.There is always something infinitely mean about other people's tragedies.
Oscar Wilde. . .(for haiti or perhaps the world reaction to haiti)

15.There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The poor can think of nothing else.
Oscar Wilde. . .(for the poverty stricken,worldwide)

16. There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
Oscar Wilde. . .(dedicated to Nigerians, at least we are being talked about)

19. True friends stab you in the front.
Oscar Wilde. . (thanks USA u are a true friend to Nigeria)

20. Whenever a man does a thoroughly silly thing, it is always from the noblest motives.
Oscar Wilde. . .(thanks OBJ. . for nobly giving us Yaradua)