Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde: Political life at...

Oscar Wilde: Political life at...

Political life at Washington is like political life in a suburban vestry.

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Oscar Wilde: He was always...

Oscar Wilde: He was always...

He was always late on principle, his principle being that punctuality is the thief of...

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Oscar Wilde: One should either...

Oscar Wilde: One should either...

One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art.

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Oscar Wilde: Dullness is the...

Oscar Wilde: Dullness is the...

Dullness is the coming of age of seriousness.

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Oscar Wilde: Absolute catholicity of...

Oscar Wilde: Absolute catholicity of...

Absolute catholicity of taste is not without its dangers. It is only an auctioneer who should admire all schools of...

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Oscar Wilde: I never saw...

Oscar Wilde: I never saw...

I never saw a man who looked
With such a wistful eye
Upon that little tent of blue
Which prisoners call the...

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Oscar Wilde: As for begging,...

Oscar Wilde: As for begging,...

As for begging, it is safer to beg than to take, but it is finer to take than to beg.

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Oscar Wilde: There is something...

Oscar Wilde: There is something...

There is something tragic about the enormous number of young men there are in England at the present moment who start...

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Oscar Wilde: Religions die when...

Oscar Wilde: Religions die when...

Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead religions.

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Oscar Wilde: The true critic...

Oscar Wilde: The true critic...

The true critic is he who bears within himself the dreams and ideas and feelings of myriad generations, and to whom no...

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Oscar Wilde: For he who...

Oscar Wilde: For he who...

For he who lives more lives than one: More deaths than one must die.

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Oscar Wilde: Despotism is unjust...

Oscar Wilde: Despotism is unjust...

Despotism is unjust to everybody, including the despot, who was probably made for better...

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Oscar Wilde: Wickedness is a...

Oscar Wilde: Wickedness is a...

Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attraction of...

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Oscar Wilde: Time is waste...

Oscar Wilde: Time is waste...

Time is waste of money.

Source: Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young,...

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Oscar Wilde: For his mourners...

Oscar Wilde: For his mourners...

For his mourners will be outcast men,
And outcasts always mourn.


Source: The...

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Oscar Wilde: I know not...

Oscar Wilde: I know not...

I know not whether Laws be right
Or whether Laws be wrong;
All that we know who live in gaol
Is that the wall...

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Oscar Wilde: Disobedience, in the...

Oscar Wilde: Disobedience, in the...

Disobedience, in the eyes of any one who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that...

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Oscar Wilde: To make men...

Oscar Wilde: To make men...

To make men Socialists is nothing, but to make Socialism human is a great thing.

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Oscar Wilde: One's real life...

Oscar Wilde: One's real life...

One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead.

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Oscar Wilde: There is always...

Oscar Wilde: There is always...

There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to...

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