Oscar Wilde Quotes - Page 56

• It is a great mistake for men to give up paying compliments, for when they give up saying what is charming, they give up thinking what is charming.

  Oscar Wilde

  Giving Up, Mistake, Men

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• Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.

  Oscar Wilde

  Book, Writing, Reading Literature

  The Picture of Dorian Gray preface (1891)

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• The studio was filled with the rich odour of roses, and when the light summer wind stirred amidst the trees of the garden, there came through the open door the heavy scent of the lilac, or the more delicate perfume of the pink-flowering thorn.

  Oscar Wilde

  Summer, Garden, Light

  Oscar Wilde (2015). “The Picture of Dorian Gray”, p.7, First Avenue Editions

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• Moderation is a fatal thing. Enough is as bad as a meal. More than enough is as good as a feast.

  Oscar Wilde

  Meals, Moderation, Enough

  Oscar Wilde, Moira Muldoon (2005). “The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Writings”, p.192, Simon and Schuster

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• Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Witty, Book

  Lady Windermere's Fan act 3 (1892)

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• What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do, is to revive the old art of Lying.

  Oscar Wilde

  Art, Lying, Duty

  Oscar Wilde (2015). “Oscar Wilde The Dover Reader”, p.447, Courier Dover Publications

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• Yes, very sensible... People die of common sense, Dorian, one lost moment at a time. Life is a moment. There is no hereafter. So make it burn always with the hardest flame.

  Oscar Wilde

  Flames, People, Common Sense

  "Fictional character: Lord Henry Wotton". "Dorian Gray", www.imdb.com. 2009.

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• I often take exercise. Why only yesterday I had breakfast in bed.

  Oscar Wilde

  Exercise, Yesterday, Bed

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• I didn't say I liked it Harry. I said it fascinated me. There is a great difference.

  Oscar Wilde

  Differences, Said, Fascinated

  Oscar Wilde (2005). “Picture of Dorian Gray”, p.109, Prestwick House Inc

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• When good Americans die, they go to Paris" "Where do bad Americans go?" "They stay in America

  Oscar Wilde

  Paris, America, Dies

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• Psycholog­y is in its infancy, as a science. I hope in the interests of Art, it will always remain so.

  Oscar Wilde

  Art, Infancy, Interest

  Oscar Wilde (2007). “Epigrams of Oscar Wilde”, p.51, Wordsworth Editions

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• We women, as some one says, love with our ears, just as you men love with your eyes.

  Oscar Wilde

  Eye, Men, Ears

  Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde”, p.136, Wordsworth Editions

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• Be yourself, because others are already taken.

  Oscar Wilde

  Being Yourself, Taken, Already Taken

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• We are specially designed to appeal to the sense of humour.

  Oscar Wilde

  Appeals, Humour

  Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: De profundis, "Epistola : in carcere et vinculis"”, p.127, Oxford University Press on Demand

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• Outcasts always mourn.

  Oscar Wilde

  Outcast, Mourn

  Oscar Wilde (2012). “The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde”, p.30, Courier Corporation

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• The Americans are certainly hero-worshipers, and always take their heroes from the criminal classes.

  Oscar Wilde

  Hero, Class, Criminals

  Oscar Wilde, Bob Blaisdell, Odette Blaisdell (2012). “The Wit and Wisdom of Oscar Wilde”, p.155, Courier Corporation

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• Everything is dangerous, my dear fellow. If it wasn't so, life wouldn't be worth living.

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  Life, Dangerous, Dear

  Oscar Wilde (2004). “The Best of Oscar Wilde: Selected Plays and Writings”, p.194, Penguin

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• There are few things easier than to live badly and die well.

  Oscar Wilde

  Easier, Wells, Dies

  Oscar Wilde (1997). “Collected Works of Oscar Wilde: The Plays, the Poems, the Stories and the Essays Including De Profundis”, p.380, Wordsworth Editions

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• 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 other gets no dinners.

  Oscar Wilde

  Fashion, Artist, Gourmet

  Oscar Wilde (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Oscar Wilde (Illustrated)”, p.1844, Delphi Classics

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• Comfort is the only thing our civilization can give us.

  Oscar Wilde

  Art, Philosophy, Civilization

  Oscar Wilde (2012). “The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde”, p.67, Courier Corporation

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• Nature is a wet place where large numbers of ducks fly overhead uncooked.

  Oscar Wilde

  Ducks, Numbers, Overhead

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• The Bostonians take their learning too sadly: culture with them is an accomplishment rather than an atmosphere; their "Hub," as they call it, is the paradise of prigs.

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  Accomplishment, Atmosphere, Culture

  Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays”, p.1023, GENERAL PRESS

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• A process which makes one rogue cleverer than another.

  Oscar Wilde

  Education, Rogues, Process

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• She had a passion for secrecy, but she herself was merely a Sphinx without a secret.

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  Passion, Secret, Sphinx

  Oscar Wilde (2014). “The Complete Short Stories: The Model Millionaire + The Canterville Ghost + The Happy Prince + The Star-Child + The Fisherman And His Soul + The Selfish Giant + The Nightingale And The Rose + The Sphinx Without A Secret + many more...”, p.203, e-artnow

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• I am jealous of everything whose beauty does not die.

  Oscar Wilde

  Jealous, Doe, I Am Jealous

  Oscar Wilde (2015). “The Picture of Dorian Gray (Diversion Classics)”, p.32, Diversion Books

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