Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde: Each of the...

Oscar Wilde: Each of the...

Each of the professions means a prejudice. The necessity for a career forces every one to take sides. We live in the...

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Oscar Wilde: Mere colour, unspoiled...

Oscar Wilde: Mere colour, unspoiled...

Mere colour, unspoiled by meaning, and unallied with definite form, can speak to the soul in a thousand different...

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Oscar Wilde: In this world...

Oscar Wilde: In this world...

In this world there are two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. The last is...

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Oscar Wilde: There are moments...

Oscar Wilde: There are moments...

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

Source:...

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Oscar Wilde: It is well...

Oscar Wilde: It is well...

It is well for his peace that the saint goes to his martyrdom. He is spared the sight of the horror of his...

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Oscar Wilde: Life! Life! Don't...

Oscar Wilde: Life! Life! Don't...

Life! Life! Don't let us go to life for our fulfillment or our experience. It is a thing narrowed by circumstances,...

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Oscar Wilde: The man who...

Oscar Wilde: The man who...

The man who sees both sides of a question is a man who sees absolutely nothing at all.

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Oscar Wilde: I dislike modern...

Oscar Wilde: I dislike modern...

I dislike modern memoirs. They are generally written by people who have either entirely lost their memories, or have...

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Oscar Wilde: Nothing looks so...

Oscar Wilde: Nothing looks so...

Nothing looks so like innocence as an indiscretion.

Source: Cecil Graham, in Lady...

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Oscar Wilde: The public is...

Oscar Wilde: The public is...

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.

Source:...

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Oscar Wilde: Newspapers. . ....

Oscar Wilde: Newspapers. . ....

Newspapers. . . give us the bald, sordid, disgusting facts of life. They chronicle, with degrading avidity, the sins...

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Oscar Wilde: Conscience and cowardice...

Oscar Wilde: Conscience and cowardice...

Conscience and cowardice are really the same things.

Source: In Webster's...

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Oscar Wilde: The mere existence...

Oscar Wilde: The mere existence...

The mere existence of conscience, that faculty of which people prate so much nowadays, and are so ignorantly proud, is...

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Oscar Wilde: Gossip is charming!...

Oscar Wilde: Gossip is charming!...

Gossip is charming! History is merely gossip. But scandal is gossip made tedious by...

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Oscar Wilde: As long as...

Oscar Wilde: As long as...

As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have it's fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will...

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Oscar Wilde: Few parents nowadays...

Oscar Wilde: Few parents nowadays...

Few parents nowadays pay any regard to what their children say to them. The old-fashioned respect for the young is...

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Oscar Wilde: Intellectual generalities are...

Oscar Wilde: Intellectual generalities are...

Intellectual generalities are always interesting, but generalities in morals mean absolutely...

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Oscar Wilde: Anybody can make...

Oscar Wilde: Anybody can make...

Anybody can make history. Only a great man can write it.

Source: Gilbert, in The...

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Oscar Wilde: It requires one...

Oscar Wilde: It requires one...

It requires one to assume such indecent postures.

Source: Explaining why he did not...

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Oscar Wilde: Bad artists always...

Oscar Wilde: Bad artists always...

Bad artists always admire each other's work. They call it being large-minded and free from prejudice. But a truly...

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