Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde: Health - silliest...

Oscar Wilde: Health - silliest...

Health - silliest word in our language, and one knows well the popular idea of health the English country gentleman...

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Oscar Wilde: Scepticism is the...

Oscar Wilde: Scepticism is the...

Scepticism is the beginning of Faith.

Source: Dorian Gray, in The Picture of Dorian...

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Oscar Wilde: Cultivated leisure is...

Oscar Wilde: Cultivated leisure is...

Cultivated leisure is the aim of man.

Source: The Soul of Man under Socialism, in...

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Oscar Wilde: If property had...

Oscar Wilde: If property had...

If property had simply pleasures, we could stand it; but its duties make it unbearable. In the interest of the rich we...

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Oscar Wilde: MRS ALLONBY. They...

Oscar Wilde: MRS ALLONBY. They...

MRS ALLONBY. They say, Lady Hunstanton, that when good Americans die they go to Paris.
LADY HUNSTANTON. Indeed? And...

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Oscar Wilde: To many, no...

Oscar Wilde: To many, no...

To many, no doubt, he will seem to be somewhat blatant and bumptious, but we prefer to regard him as being simply...

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Oscar Wilde: Crying is the...

Oscar Wilde: Crying is the...

Crying is the refuge of plain women but the ruin of pretty ones.

Source: Duchess of...

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Oscar Wilde: It was a...

Oscar Wilde: It was a...

It was a fatal day when the public discovered that the pen is mightier than the paving-stone, and can be made as...

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Oscar Wilde: One is absolutely...

Oscar Wilde: One is absolutely...

One is absolutely sickened, not by the crimes that the wicked have committed, but by the punishments that the good...

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Oscar Wilde: The amount of...

Oscar Wilde: The amount of...

The amount of women in London who flirt with their own husbands is perfectly scandalous. It looks so bad. It is simply...

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Oscar Wilde: I know, of...

Oscar Wilde: I know, of...

I know, of course, how important it is not to keep a business engagement, if one wants to retain any sense of the...

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Oscar Wilde: The great events...

Oscar Wilde: The great events...

The great events of life often leave one unmoved; they pass out of consciousness, and, when one thinks of them, become...

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Oscar Wilde: On mechanical slavery,...

Oscar Wilde: On mechanical slavery,...

On mechanical slavery, on the slavery of the machine, the future of the world depends.

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Oscar Wilde: The State is...

Oscar Wilde: The State is...

The State is to make what is useful. The individual is to make what is beautiful.

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Oscar Wilde: Either that wallpaper...

Oscar Wilde: Either that wallpaper...

Either that wallpaper goes, or I do.

Source: Attributed last words, as he lay dying...

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Oscar Wilde: The mere mechanical...

Oscar Wilde: The mere mechanical...

The mere mechanical technique of acting can be taught, but the spirit that is to give life to lifeless forms must be...

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Oscar Wilde: From the point...

Oscar Wilde: From the point...

From the point of view of literature Mr. Kipling is a genius who drops his aspirates. From the point of view of life,...

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Oscar Wilde: The past is...

Oscar Wilde: The past is...

The past is of no importance. The present is of no importance. It is with the future that we have to deal. For the...

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Oscar Wilde: The only thing...

Oscar Wilde: The only thing...

The only thing that one really knows about human nature is that it changes. Change is the one quality we can predicate...

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Oscar Wilde: The man who...

Oscar Wilde: The man who...

The man who can dominate a London dinner-table can dominate the world.

Source:...

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