Oscar Wilde Quotes - Page 42

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

  Oscar Wilde

  Beautiful, Art, Giving

  Oscar Wilde, Isobel Murray (2008). “Oscar Wilde - The Major Works”, p.570, Oxford University Press

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• I am but too conscious of the fact that we are born in an age when only the dull are treated seriously, and I live in terror of not being misunderstood.

  Oscar Wilde

  Misunderstood, Age, Dull

  Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde”, p.971, Wordsworth Editions

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• The history of women is the history of the worst form of tyranny the world has ever known. The tyranny of the weak over the strong. It is the only tyranny that lasts.

  Oscar Wilde

  Strong, World, Lasts

  Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: De profundis, "Epistola : in carcere et vinculis"”, p.208, Oxford University Press on Demand

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

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  Unbearable, Rich, Pleasure

  Oscar Wilde (2014). “Miscellaneous Aphorisms: The Soul of Man”, p.52, Simon and Schuster

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• I should have remembered that when one is going to lead an entirely new life, one requires regular and wholesome meals.

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  Food, Should Have, Cooking

  Oscar Wilde (2004). “The Best of Oscar Wilde: Selected Plays and Writings”, p.270, Penguin

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• The fact is, that civilization requires slaves. Unless there are slaves to do the ugly, horrible, uninteresting work, culture and contemplation become almost impossible.

  Oscar Wilde

  Government, Civilization, Culture

  "The Soul of Man Under Socialism" (1891)

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• The man who says he has exhausted life generally means that life has exhausted him.

  Oscar Wilde

  Life, Mean, Men

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

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  Funny, Mind, Criticism

  'The Importance of Being Earnest' (1895) act 2

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• A glass of absinthe is as poetical as anything in the world. What difference is there between a glass of absinthe and a sunset?

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  Sunset, Glasses, Differences

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• A kiss may ruin a human life

  Oscar Wilde

  Life, Kissing, May

  Oscar Wilde (2004). “The Best of Oscar Wilde: Selected Plays and Writings”, p.164, Penguin

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• Life cheats us with shadows. We ask it for pleasure. It gives it to us with bitterness and disappointment in its train.

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  Disappointment, Giving, Shadow

  Oscar Wilde (2007). “Epigrams of Oscar Wilde”, p.67, Wordsworth Editions

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• Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived.

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  Faith, Atheist, Religion

  Oscar Wilde (2012). “Epigrams”, p.99, BoD – Books on Demand

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• All great ideas are dangerous.

  Oscar Wilde

  Art, Philosophy, Ideas

  Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: De profundis, "Epistola : in carcere et vinculis"”, p.122, Oxford University Press on Demand

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

  Oscar Wilde

  Women, Ruins, Cry

  Oscar Wilde (2008). “The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays: Lady Windermere's Fan; Salome; A Woman of No Importance; An Ideal Husband; The Importance of Being Earnest”, p.15, OUP Oxford

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• The man who sees both sides of a question is a man who sees absolutely nothing at all.

  Oscar Wilde

  Men, History, Sides

  Oscar Wilde (2007). “Epigrams of Oscar Wilde”, p.30, Wordsworth Editions

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• I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.

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  Thought Provoking, World, Know Yourself

  Oscar Wilde (2015). “Lady Windermere's Fan”, p.33, Oscar Wilde

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• There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.

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  Funny, Wisdom, Selfish People

  Oscar Wilde (2015). “The Picture of Dorian Gray”, p.61, First Avenue Editions

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• There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written.

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  Book, Reading, Writing

  The Picture of Dorian Gray preface (1891)

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• Music makes one feel so romantic - at least it always gets on one's nerves - which is the same thing nowadays.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Music, Love You

  Oscar Wilde (2000). “The Plays of Oscar Wilde”, p.266, Wordsworth Editions

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• I have never met any really wicked person before. I feel rather frightened. I am so afraid he will look just like every one else.

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  Wicked Person, Looks, Mets

  Oscar Wilde (2015). “The Importance of Being Earnest”, p.26, Xist Publishing

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• I like looking at geniuses and listening to beautiful people.

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  Beautiful, People, Listening

  Oscar Wilde (2012). “The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde”, p.201, Courier Corporation

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• My experience is that as soon as people are old enough to know better, they don't know anything at all.

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  Time, Maturity, People

  Oscar Wilde (2004). “The Best of Oscar Wilde: Selected Plays and Writings”, p.75, Penguin

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• I may have said the same thing before... but my explanation, I am sure, will always be different.

  Oscar Wilde

  Inspirational, Education, Different

  Oscar Wilde (2007). “Epigrams of Oscar Wilde”, p.152, Wordsworth Editions

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• There can be nothing more frequent than an occasional drink.

  Oscar Wilde

  Drinking, Occasional, Funny Drinking

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• I forgot that every little action of the common day makes or unmakes character, and that therefore what one has done in the secret chamber one has some day to cry aloud on the house-tops.

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  Integrity, Character, House

  Oscar Wilde, Isobel Murray (1999). “The Soul of Man, and Prison Writings”, p.96, Oxford University Press, USA

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