Synonyms: renounce, relinquish, dispense with, forswear, disclaim, disown, disavow, discard, wash one's hands of, give up, stop, cease, drop, forgo, desist from, have done with, abjure, abstain from, discontinue, break off, refrain from, set/lay aside, desert, leave, leave high and dry, turn one's back on, cast aside, break (up) with, vacate, quit, evacuate, withdraw from, surrender, cede, yield, indulge in, give way to, give oneself up to, yield to, lose oneself to/in, uninhibitedness, recklessness, lack of restraint, lack of inhibition, unruliness, wildness, impulsiveness, impetuosity, immoderation, wantonness
Antonyms: keep, claim, continue, stick by, self-control, power through, achieve, defend, bear, hope, acquire, quick visit, adopt, continue along, adhere, remain, pursue, support, take up, keep up, reuse, advocate, stay, persevere, cherish, keep going, carry on
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Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a man's last romance.
Oscar Wilde
Men know life too early, women know life too late.
Oscar Wilde
Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious; both are disappointed.
Oscar Wilde
Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.
Oscar Wilde
My great mistake, the fault for which I can't forgive myself, is that one day I ceased my obstinate pursuit of my own individuality.
Oscar Wilde
No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.
Oscar Wilde
No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.
Oscar Wilde
Nothing is so dangerous as being too modern; one is apt to grow old-fashioned quite suddenly.
Oscar Wilde
Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
Oscar Wilde
One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.
Oscar Wilde
One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is that things are what they are and will be what they will be.
Oscar Wilde
One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.
Oscar Wilde
One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead.
Oscar Wilde
Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.
Oscar Wilde
Pessimist - one who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.
Oscar Wilde
Pleasure is the only thing to live for. Nothing ages like happiness.
Oscar Wilde
Relations are simply a tedious pack of people who haven't got the remotest knowledge of how to live, nor the smallest instinct about when to die.
Oscar Wilde
Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement.
Oscar Wilde
Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live; it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.
Oscar Wilde
Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.
Oscar Wilde
Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.
Oscar Wilde
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