Oscar Wilde quotes - page 19

A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at, for it leaves out the one country at which Humanity is always landing. (Oscar Wilde)
They are always asking a writer why he does not write like somebody else, or a painter why he does not paint like somebody else, quite oblivious of the fact that if either of them did anything of the kind he would cease to be an artist. View quote
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However, it is always nice to be expected, and not to arrive. View quote
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Only good questions deserve good answers. View quote
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We are specially designed to appeal to the sense of humour. View quote
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Be warned in time, James, and remain, as I do, incomprehensible: to be great is to be misunderstood. View quote
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Science can never grapple with the irrational. That is why it has no future before it, in this world. View quote
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Reforms in Russia are very tragic, but they always end in a farce. View quote
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I have the kiss of Walt Whitman still on my lip. View quote
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God knows; I won't be an Oxford don anyhow. I'll be a poet, a writer, a dramatist. Somehow or other I'll be famous, and if not famous, I'll be notorious. Or perhaps I'll lead the life of pleasure for a time and then-who knows?-rest and do nothing. What does Plato say is the highest end that man can attain here below? To sit down and contemplate the good. Perhaps that will be the end of me too. View quote
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The English are always degrading truths into facts. When a truth becomes a fact it loses all its intellectual value. (Oscar Wilde)
She said that she would dance with me if I brought her red roses," cried the young Student; "but in all my garden there is no red rose. View quote
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The growing influence of women is the one reassuring thing in our political life. View quote
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Divorces are made in Heaven. View quote
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I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies. View quote
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Now art should never try to be popular. The public should try to make itself artistic. View quote
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Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result. View quote
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The mystery of love is greater than the mystery of death. View quote
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Be happy, be happy; you shall have your red rose. I will build it out of music by moonlight, and stain it with my own heart's-blood. All that I ask of you in return is that you will be a true lover, for Love is wiser than Philosophy, though she is wise, and mightier than Power, though he is mighty. View quote
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The basis of action is lack of imagination. It is the last resource of those who know not how to dream. View quote
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ALGERNON: Well, I can't eat muffins in an agitated manner. The butter would probably get on my cuffs. One should always eat muffins quite calmly. It is the only way to eat them. (Oscar Wilde)
I've now realized for the first time in my life the vital Importance of Being Earnest. View quote
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I never saw a man who looked With such a wistful eye Upon that little tent of blue Which prisoners call the sky. View quote
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I don't want to go to heaven. None of my friends are there. View quote
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To define is to limit. View quote
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Oscar Wilde

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Occupation: Irish Poet
Born: October 16, 1854
Died: November 30, 1900
Quotes count: 1197
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