“Art being to a certain degree a mode of acting, an attempt to realise one’s own personality on some imaginative plane out of reach of the trammelling accidents and limitations of real life.” — Oscar Wilde, The Portrait of Mr. W. H.
Tag: Oscar Wilde
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“Most modern calendars mar the sweet simplicity of our lives by reminding us that each day that passes is the anniversary of some perfectly uninteresting event.” — Oscar Wilde, “A New Calendar,” The Pall Mall Gazette (1887-02-17)
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“The young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience.” — Oscar Wilde, “The American Invasion,” Court and Society Review (1887-03-23)
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“The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.” — Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
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“A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.” — Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
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“There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” — Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
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“The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is young.” — Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
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“There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love.” — Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
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“Children begin by loving their parents. After a time they judge them. Rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.” — Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance
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“To shut one’s eyes to half of life that one may live securely is as though one blinded oneself that one might walk with more safety in a land of pit and precipice.” — Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere’s Fan