Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde: Nobody of any...

Oscar Wilde: Nobody of any...

Nobody of any real culture, for instance, ever talks nowadays about the beauty of sunset. Sunsets are quite old...

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Oscar Wilde: Don't give a...

Oscar Wilde: Don't give a...

Don't give a woman advice; one should never give a woman anything she can't wear in the...

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Oscar Wilde: I love acting....

Oscar Wilde: I love acting....

I love acting. It is so much more real than life.

Source: x
-- Oscar Wilde, (Oct...

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Oscar Wilde: Fashion is a...

Oscar Wilde: Fashion is a...

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.

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Oscar Wilde: We have been...

Oscar Wilde: We have been...

We have been able to have fine poetry in England because the public do not read it, and consequently do not influence...

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Oscar Wilde: I have put...

Oscar Wilde: I have put...

I have put my genius into my life; all I've put into my works is my talent.

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Oscar Wilde: I played with...

Oscar Wilde: I played with...

I played with an idea, and grew willful; tossed it into the air; transformed it; let it escaped and recaptured it;...

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Oscar Wilde: An idea that...

Oscar Wilde: An idea that...

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.

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Oscar Wilde: In all pointed...

Oscar Wilde: In all pointed...

In all pointed sentences some degree of accuracy must be sacrificed to conciseness.

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Oscar Wilde: A thing is...

Oscar Wilde: A thing is...

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

Source: Erskine, in The...

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Oscar Wilde: I am not...

Oscar Wilde: I am not...

I am not young enough to know everything.

Source: The Admirable Crichton
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Oscar Wilde: Consistency is the...

Oscar Wilde: Consistency is the...

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Source: The Relation of Dress...

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Oscar Wilde: America has been...

Oscar Wilde: America has been...

America has been discovered before, but it has always been hushed up.

Source: In...

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Oscar Wilde: If you don't...

Oscar Wilde: If you don't...

If you don't get everything you want, think of the things you don't get that you don't...

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Oscar Wilde: It is better...

Oscar Wilde: It is better...

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

Source: In Quotable...

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Oscar Wilde: The English country...

Oscar Wilde: The English country...

The English country gentleman galloping after a fox - the unspeakable in full pursuit of the...

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Oscar Wilde: It is better...

Oscar Wilde: It is better...

It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But it is better to be good than to be ugly.

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Oscar Wilde: A pessimist is...

Oscar Wilde: A pessimist is...

A pessimist is one who, when he has a choice of two evils, chooses both.

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Oscar Wilde: Moderation is a...

Oscar Wilde: Moderation is a...

Moderation is a fatal thing. . . . Nothing succeeds like excess.

Source: Lord...

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Oscar Wilde: The play was...

Oscar Wilde: The play was...

The play was a great success, but the audience was a disaster.

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