Oscar Wilde Quotes - Page 63

• In going to America one learns that poverty is not a necessary accompaniment to civilization.

  Oscar Wilde

  Civilization, America, Poverty

  Oscar Wilde, Lady Wilde (1909). “Epigrams: Oscariana; Sebastian Melmoth; Phrases and philosophies; Oscar Wilde's literary art; Correspondence; Impressions of America, with an introduction by Stuart Mason; Oscar Wilde in America”

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

  Oscar Wilde

  Poverty, Poor, Begging

  Oscar Wilde (1997). “Collected Works of Oscar Wilde: The Plays, the Poems, the Stories and the Essays Including De Profundis”, p.1043, Wordsworth Editions

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• It is in the brain that the poppy is red, that the apple is odorous, that the skylark sings.

  Oscar Wilde

  Apples, Brain, Red

  Oscar Wilde (2004). “The Best of Oscar Wilde: Selected Plays and Writings”, p.9, Penguin

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• In art, the public accept what has been, because they cannot alter it, not because they appreciate it. They swallow their classics whole, and never taste them.

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  Art, Appreciate, Taste

  Oscar Wilde (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Oscar Wilde (Illustrated)”, p.1653, Delphi Classics

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• Most men and women are forced to perform parts for which they have no qualification.

  Oscar Wilde

  Men, Men And Women, Qualifications

  Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde”, p.163, Wordsworth Editions

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• Reforms in Russia are very tragic, but they always end in a farce.

  Oscar Wilde

  Russia, Reform, Farce

  Oscar Wilde (2014). “Wilde Complete Plays: Lady Windermere's Fan; An Ideal Husband; The Importance of Being Earnest; A Woman of No Importance; Salome; The Duchess of Padua; Vera, or the Nihilists; A Florentine Tragedy; La Sainte Courtisane”, p.570, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• The only thing that can console one for being poor is extravagance.

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  Funny, Money, Extravagance

  Oscar Wilde (2007). “Epigrams of Oscar Wilde”, p.187, Wordsworth Editions

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• As yet, Bernard Shaw hasn't become prominent enough to have any enemies, but none of his friends like him.

  Oscar Wilde

  Enemy, Bernard Shaw, Enough

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• I could never quite accustom myself to absinthe, but it suits my style so well

  Oscar Wilde

  Style, Never Quit, Suits

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• Bore: a man who is never unintentionally rude.

  Oscar Wilde

  Men, Rude, Bores

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• The quivering, ardent sunlight showed him the lines of cruelty round the mouth as clearly as if he had been looking into a mirror after he had done some dreadful thing.

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  Halloween, Mirrors, Done

  Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Joseph Bristow, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: The picture of Dorian Gray : the 1890 and 1891 texts”, p.66, Oxford University Press on Demand

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• It is always with the best intentions that the worst work is done.

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  Life, Work, Government

  Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays”, p.810, GENERAL PRESS

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• The best one can say of modern creative art is that it is just a little less vulgar than reality.

  Oscar Wilde

  Art, Reality, Creative

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• Her love was trembling in laughter on her lips.

  Oscar Wilde

  Laughter, Emo, Lips

  Oscar Wilde (2015). “The Picture of Dorian Gray (Diversion Classics)”, p.73, Diversion Books

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• It is absurd to say that there are neither ruins nor curiosities in America when they have their mothers and their manners.

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  Mother, America, Insulting

  Oscar Wilde (2014). “Epigrams and Aphorisms”, p.55, BoD – Books on Demand

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• In England it is enough for a man to try and produce any serious, beautiful work to lose all his rights as a citizen.

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  Beautiful, Men, Rights

  Oscar Wilde (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Oscar Wilde (Illustrated)”, p.1583, Delphi Classics

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• I believe it is customary in good society to take some slight refreshment at five o'clock.

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  Believe, Tea, Clock

  Oscar Wilde (2016). “The Importance of Being Earnest: Revised Edition”, p.7, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• Perhaps in nearly every joy, as certainly in every pleasure, cruelty has its place.

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  Joy, Pleasure, Cruelty

  Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Joseph Bristow, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: The picture of Dorian Gray : the 1890 and 1891 texts”, p.105, Oxford University Press on Demand

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• There is nothing that stirs in the whole world of thought to which sorrow does not vibrate in terrible and exquisite pulsation.

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  Grief, Suffering, Sorrow

  Oscar Wilde (1961). “DE PROFUNDIS”, p.7, VICTORIA INSTITUTIONS

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• Life would be dull without them.

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  Mistake, Would Be, Dull

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• Lord Darlington (LD): I think life too complex a thing to be settled by these hard and fast rules. Lady Windemere (LW): If we had 'hard-and-fast rules' we would find life much simpler. LD: You allow of no exceptions? LW: None! LD: Ah, what a fascinating Puritan you are, LW. LW: The adjective was unnecessary, LD.

  Oscar Wilde

  Life, Thinking, Lds

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• There is something tragic about the enormous number of young men there are in England at the present moment who start life with perfect profiles, and end by adopting some useful profession.

  Oscar Wilde

  Work, Men, Numbers

  Oscar Wilde (1969). “The Artist as Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde”, p.437, University of Chicago Press

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• Life, Lady Stutfield, is simply a mauvais quart d'heure made up of exquisite moments.

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  Life, Moments, Made

  Oscar Wilde (2000). “The Plays of Oscar Wilde”, p.237, Wordsworth Editions

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• Judges, like the criminal classes, have their lighter moments

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  Class, Judging, Judgement

  Oscar Wilde (2014). “A Critic in Pall Mall: Being Extracts from Reviews and Miscellanies”, p.150, Simon and Schuster

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• I dislike modern memoirs. They are generally written by people who have either entirely lost their memories, or have never done anything worth remembering.

  Oscar Wilde

  Memories, People, Done

  Oscar Wilde (1969). “The Artist as Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde”, p.341, University of Chicago Press

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