Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde: It is sweet...

Oscar Wilde: It is sweet...

It is sweet to dance to violins
When Love and Life are fair:
To dance to flutes, to dance to lutes
Is...

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Oscar Wilde: Do you really...

Oscar Wilde: Do you really...

Do you really think, Arthur, that it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible...

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Oscar Wilde: The Governor was...

Oscar Wilde: The Governor was...

The Governor was strong upon
The Regulations Act:
The Doctor said that Death was but
A scientific...

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Oscar Wilde: Grief has turned...

Oscar Wilde: Grief has turned...

Grief has turned her fair.

Source: Referring to the fact that a recently-bereaved...

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Oscar Wilde: Popularity is the...

Oscar Wilde: Popularity is the...

Popularity is the only insult that has not yet been offered to Mr. Whistler.

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Oscar Wilde: But what is...

Oscar Wilde: But what is...

But what is the difference between literature and journalism? ... Journalism is unreadable, and literature is not...

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Oscar Wilde: Private information is...

Oscar Wilde: Private information is...

Private information is practically the source of every large modern fortune.

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Oscar Wilde: Something was dead...

Oscar Wilde: Something was dead...

Something was dead in each of us,
And what was dead was Hope.


Source: The Ballad...

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Oscar Wilde: Who am I...

Oscar Wilde: Who am I...

Who am I to tamper with a masterpiece?

Source: Refusing to make alterations to one...

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Oscar Wilde: An excellent man!...

Oscar Wilde: An excellent man!...

An excellent man! He hasn't an enemy in the world, and none of his friends like him.

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Oscar Wilde: There is much...

Oscar Wilde: There is much...

There is much to be said in favour of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in...

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Oscar Wilde: The vilest deeds...

Oscar Wilde: The vilest deeds...

The vilest deeds like poison-weeds
Bloom well in prison-air;
It is only what is good in Man
That wastes and...

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Oscar Wilde: He would stab...

Oscar Wilde: He would stab...

He would stab his best friend for the sake of writing an epigram on his tombstone.

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Oscar Wilde: Yes, I am...

Oscar Wilde: Yes, I am...

Yes, I am a thorough republican. No other form of government is so favorable to the growth of...

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Oscar Wilde: The gods bestowed...

Oscar Wilde: The gods bestowed...

The gods bestowed on Max the gift of perpetual old age.

Source: Referring to Max...

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Oscar Wilde: Down the long...

Oscar Wilde: Down the long...

Down the long and silent street,
The dawn, with silver-sandalled feet,
Crept like a frightened...

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Oscar Wilde: He must have...

Oscar Wilde: He must have...

He must have a truly romantic nature, for he weeps when there is nothing at all to weep...

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Oscar Wilde: Art never expresses...

Oscar Wilde: Art never expresses...

Art never expresses anything but itself.

Source: The Decay of Lying.
-- Oscar...

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Oscar Wilde: And now, I...

Oscar Wilde: And now, I...

And now, I am dying beyond my means.

Source: Sipping champagne on his...

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Oscar Wilde: The only thing...

Oscar Wilde: The only thing...

The only thing that ever consoles man for the stupid things he does is the praise he always gives himself for doing...

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