Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde: A damsel is...

Oscar Wilde: A damsel is...

A damsel is a genius in the daytime and a beauty at night.

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Oscar Wilde: Most people are...

Oscar Wilde: Most people are...

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a...

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Oscar Wilde: Technique is really...

Oscar Wilde: Technique is really...

Technique is really personality. That is the reason why the artist cannot teach it, why the pupil cannot learn it, and...

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Oscar Wilde: What is termed...

Oscar Wilde: What is termed...

What is termed Sin is an essential element of progress. Without it the world would stagnate, or grow old, or become...

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Oscar Wilde: It is well...

Oscar Wilde: It is well...

It is well for our vanity that we slay the criminal, for if we suffered him to live he might show us what we had...

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Oscar Wilde: A mask tells...

Oscar Wilde: A mask tells...

A mask tells us more than a face.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed....

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Oscar Wilde: No great artist...

Oscar Wilde: No great artist...

No great artist sees things as they really are. If he did he would cease to be an artist.

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Oscar Wilde: All bad poetry...

Oscar Wilde: All bad poetry...

All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling. To be natural is to be obvious, and to be obvious is to be...

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Oscar Wilde: Modern pictures are,...

Oscar Wilde: Modern pictures are,...

Modern pictures are, no doubt, delightful to look at. At least, some of them are. But they are quite impossible to...

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Oscar Wilde: That is what...

Oscar Wilde: That is what...

That is what the highest criticism really is, the record of one's own soul. It is more fascinating than history, as...

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Oscar Wilde: A well-tied tie...

Oscar Wilde: A well-tied tie...

A well-tied tie is the first serious step in life.

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Oscar Wilde: The final mystery...

Oscar Wilde: The final mystery...

The final mystery is oneself.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed. Keith...

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Oscar Wilde: A dreamer is...

Oscar Wilde: A dreamer is...

A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest...

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Oscar Wilde: Ah, every day...

Oscar Wilde: Ah, every day...

Ah, every day dear Herbert becomes de plus en plus Oscarie. It is wonderful case of nature imitating...

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Oscar Wilde: The nineteenth century...

Oscar Wilde: The nineteenth century...

The nineteenth century is a turning point in history, simply on account of the work of two men, Darwin and Renan, the...

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Oscar Wilde: Civilization requires slaves....

Oscar Wilde: Civilization requires slaves....

Civilization requires slaves. Human slavery is wrong, insecure and demoralizing. On mechanical slavery, on the slavery...

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Oscar Wilde: The worst vice...

Oscar Wilde: The worst vice...

The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.

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Oscar Wilde: A subject that...

Oscar Wilde: A subject that...

A subject that is beautiful in itself gives no suggestion to the artist. It lacks...

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Oscar Wilde: If you are...

Oscar Wilde: If you are...

If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.

Source: Gwendolen,...

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Oscar Wilde: On an occasion...

Oscar Wilde: On an occasion...

On an occasion of this kind it becomes more than a moral duty to speak one's mind. It becomes a...

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