Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde: In America the...

Oscar Wilde: In America the...

In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their...

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Oscar Wilde: On the whole,...

Oscar Wilde: On the whole,...

On the whole, the great success of marriage in the States is due partly to the fact that no American man is ever idle,...

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Oscar Wilde: Better the rule...

Oscar Wilde: Better the rule...

Better the rule of One, whom all obey,
Than to let clamorous demagogues betray
Our freedom with the kiss of...

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Oscar Wilde: For an artist...

Oscar Wilde: For an artist...

For an artist to marry his model is as fatal as for a gourmet to marry his cook: the one gets no sittings, and the...

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Oscar Wilde: There should be...

Oscar Wilde: There should be...

There should be a law that no ordinary newspaper should be allowed to write about art. The harm they do by their...

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Oscar Wilde: The American father....

Oscar Wilde: The American father....

The American father. . . is never seen in London. He passes his life entirely in Wall Street and communicates with his...

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Oscar Wilde: How else but...

Oscar Wilde: How else but...

How else but through a broken heart
May Lord Christ enter in?


Source: The Ballad...

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Oscar Wilde: The poet is...

Oscar Wilde: The poet is...

The poet is the supreme artist, for he is the master of colour and of form, and the real musician besides, and is lord...

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Oscar Wilde: The world is...

Oscar Wilde: The world is...

The world is a stage, but the play's badly cast.

Source: Lord Arthur Savile's...

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Oscar Wilde: What is said...

Oscar Wilde: What is said...

What is said of a man is nothing. The point is, who says it.

Source: De Profundis,...

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Oscar Wilde: The Bostonians take...

Oscar Wilde: The Bostonians take...

The Bostonians take their learning too sadly: culture with them is an accomplishment rather than an atmosphere; their...

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Oscar Wilde: No artist has...

Oscar Wilde: No artist has...

No artist has ethical sympathies. An ethical sympathy in an artist is an unpardonable mannerism of...

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Oscar Wilde: In a very...

Oscar Wilde: In a very...

In a very ugly and sensible age, the arts borrow, not from life, but from each other.

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Oscar Wilde: There is no...

Oscar Wilde: There is no...

There is no country in the world where machinery is so lovely as in America.

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Oscar Wilde: Where there is...

Oscar Wilde: Where there is...

Where there is no exaggeration there is no love, and where there is no love there is no understanding. It is only...

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Oscar Wilde: Though one can...

Oscar Wilde: Though one can...

Though one can dine in New York, one could not dwell there.

Source: The American...

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Oscar Wilde: The only way...

Oscar Wilde: The only way...

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.

Source: The Picture of...

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Oscar Wilde: America had often...

Oscar Wilde: America had often...

America had often been discovered before Columbus, but it had always been hushed up.

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Oscar Wilde: Ambition is the...

Oscar Wilde: Ambition is the...

Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.

Source: Phrases and Philosophies for...

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Oscar Wilde: One should not...

Oscar Wilde: One should not...

One should not be too severe on English novels; they are the only relaxation of the intellectually...

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