I can believe anything, provided that it is quite incredible.

About Oscar Wilde

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Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish author, poet and playwright. After writing in different literary styles throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular and influential dramatists in London in the early 1890s. He was a key figure in...

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When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.

To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance.

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There are moments when art attains almost to the dignity of manual labor.

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The note of the perfect personality is not rebellion, but peace.

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Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.

—Bertrand Russell

Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe.

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Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.

—Philip K. Dick

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Success is most often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.

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Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.

—Mahatma Gandhi

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