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Oscar Wilde Quotes

Dear Prince, I must leave you, but I will never forget you, and next spring I will bring you back two beautiful jewels in place of those you have given away. The ruby shall be redder than a red rose, and the sapphire shall be as blue as the great sea Picture Quote #1

What are American dry-goods? asked the duchess, raising her large hands in wonder and accentuating the verb. American novels, answered Lord Henry Picture Quote #1

Young people, nowadays, imagine that money is everything. Yes, murmured Lord Henry, settling his button-hole in his coat; and when they grow older they know it Picture Quote #1

It is quite true that I have worshipped you with far more romance of feeling than a man usually gives to a friend. Somehow, I had never loved a woman. I suppose I never had time. Perhaps, as Harry says, a really grande passion is the privilege of those who have nothing to do, and that is the use of the idle classes in a country Picture Quote #1

I think Oscar Wilde wrote a poem about a robin who loved a white rose. He loved it so much that he pierced his breast and let his heart’s blood turn the white rose red. Maybe this sounds very sentimental, but for anybody who has loved a career as much as I’ve loved mine, there can be no short cuts Picture Quote #1

I really don’t see anything romantic in proposing. It is very romantic to be in love. But there is nothing romantic about a definite proposal. Why, one may be accepted. One usually is, I believe. Then the excitement is all over. The very essence of romance is uncertainty. If ever I get married, I’ll certainly try to forget the fact Picture Quote #1

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My dear Algy, you talk exactly as if you were a dentist. It is very vulgar to talk like a dentist when one isn’t a dentist. It produces false impression Picture Quote #1

My writing has gone to bits - like my character. I am simply a self-conscious nerve in pain Picture Quote #1

You have killed my love. You used to stir my imagination. Now you don’t even stir my curiosity. You simply produce no effect. I loved you because you were marvelous, because you had genius and intellect, because you realized the dreams of great poets and gave shape and substance to the shadows of art. You have thrown it all away. You are shallow and stupid Picture Quote #1

The proper basis for marriage is mutual misunderstanding. The happiness of a married man depends on the people he has not married. One should always be in love - that’s the reason one should never marry Picture Quote #1

If people are dishonest once, they will be dishonest a second time. And honest people should keep away from them. (Lady Chiltern) Picture Quote #1

We in the House of Lords are never in touch with public opinion. That makes us a civilised body Picture Quote #1

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LADY STUTFIELD I adore silent men. MRS ALLONBY Oh, Ernest isn’t silent. He talks the whole time. But he has got no conversation. What he talks about I don’t know. I haven’t listened to him for years Picture Quote #1

I cannot choose one hundred best books because I have only written five Picture Quote #1

The costume of the nineteenth century is detestable. It is so sombre, so depressing. Sin is the only real colour-element left in modern life Picture Quote #1

I quite agree with Dr. Nordau’s assertion that all men of genius are insane, but Dr. Nordau forgets that all sane people are idiots Picture Quote #1

Behind Joy and Laughter there may be a temperament, coarse, hard and callous. But behind Sorrow there is always Sorrow. Pain, unlike Pleasure, wears no mask Picture Quote #1

LADY BRACKNELL Algernon is an extremely, I may almost say an ostentatiously, eligible young man. He has nothing, but he looks everything. What more can one desire? Picture Quote #1

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How long could you love a woman who didn’t love you, Cecil? A woman who didn’t love me? Oh, all my life! Picture Quote #1

Fashion is what one wears oneself. What is unfashionable is what other people wear. Just as vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people. And falsehoods the truths of other people. Other people are quite dreadful. The only possible society is oneself. To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance Picture Quote #1

The way of paradoxes is the way of truth. To test Reality we must see it on the tight-rope Picture Quote #1

Then there was a man who said, ‘I never knew what real happiness was until I got married; by then it was too late’ Picture Quote #1

Youth! There is nothing like youth. The middle-aged are mortgaged to Life. The old are in Life’s lumber Picture Quote #1

Without order nothing can exist-without chaos nothing can evolve. Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing Picture Quote #1

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Like dear St. Francis of Assisi I am wedded to Poverty: but in my case the marriage is not a success Picture Quote #1

There is more to be said for stupidity than people imagine. Personally I have a great admiration for stupidity. It is a sort of fellow-feeling, I suppose Picture Quote #1

‘He’s the most charming man. He’s the Oscar Wilde of our time. I only had one moment with him in that film and it’s a great source of regret. I love spending time with him. He’s always very open and effusive. His interest in you is genuine.’ Picture Quote #1

In England, an inventor is regarded almost as a crazy man, and in too many instances invention ends in disappointment and poverty. In America, an inventor is honoured, help is forthcoming, and the exercise of ingenuity, the application of science to the work of man, is there the shortest road to wealth Picture Quote #1

The Chinese general Sun Tzu said that all war was based on deception. Oscar Wilde said the same thing of romance Picture Quote #1

Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Philosophies fall away like sand, and creeds follow one another like the withered leaves of Autumn; but what is beautiful is a joy for all seasons and a possession for all eternity Picture Quote #1

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Dear Prince, I must leave you, but I will never forget you, and next spring I will bring you back two beautiful jewels in place of those you have given away. The ruby shall be redder than a red rose, and the sapphire shall be as blue as the great sea (Oscar Wilde Quotes) What are American dry-goods? asked the duchess, raising her large hands in wonder and accentuating the verb. American novels, answered Lord Henry (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Young people, nowadays, imagine that money is everything. Yes, murmured Lord Henry, settling his button-hole in his coat; and when they grow older they know it (Oscar Wilde Quotes) It is quite true that I have worshipped you with far more romance of feeling than a man usually gives to a friend. Somehow, I had never loved a woman. I suppose I never had time. Perhaps, as Harry says, a really grande passion is the privilege of those who have nothing to do, and that is the use of the idle classes in a country (Oscar Wilde Quotes) I think Oscar Wilde wrote a poem about a robin who loved a white rose. He loved it so much that he pierced his breast and let his heart’s blood turn the white rose red. Maybe this sounds very sentimental, but for anybody who has loved a career as much as I’ve loved mine, there can be no short cuts (Oscar Wilde Quotes) I really don’t see anything romantic in proposing. It is very romantic to be in love. But there is nothing romantic about a definite proposal. Why, one may be accepted. One usually is, I believe. Then the excitement is all over. The very essence of romance is uncertainty. If ever I get married, I’ll certainly try to forget the fact (Oscar Wilde Quotes) My dear Algy, you talk exactly as if you were a dentist. It is very vulgar to talk like a dentist when one isn’t a dentist. It produces false impression (Oscar Wilde Quotes) My writing has gone to bits - like my character. I am simply a self-conscious nerve in pain (Oscar Wilde Quotes) You have killed my love. You used to stir my imagination. Now you don’t even stir my curiosity. You simply produce no effect. I loved you because you were marvelous, because you had genius and intellect, because you realized the dreams of great poets and gave shape and substance to the shadows of art. You have thrown it all away. You are shallow and stupid (Oscar Wilde Quotes) The proper basis for marriage is mutual misunderstanding. The happiness of a married man depends on the people he has not married. One should always be in love - that’s the reason one should never marry (Oscar Wilde Quotes) If people are dishonest once, they will be dishonest a second time. And honest people should keep away from them. (Lady Chiltern) (Oscar Wilde Quotes) We in the House of Lords are never in touch with public opinion. That makes us a civilised body (Oscar Wilde Quotes) LADY STUTFIELD I adore silent men. MRS ALLONBY Oh, Ernest isn’t silent. He talks the whole time. But he has got no conversation. What he talks about I don’t know. I haven’t listened to him for years (Oscar Wilde Quotes) I cannot choose one hundred best books because I have only written five (Oscar Wilde Quotes) The costume of the nineteenth century is detestable. It is so sombre, so depressing. Sin is the only real colour-element left in modern life (Oscar Wilde Quotes) I quite agree with Dr. Nordau’s assertion that all men of genius are insane, but Dr. Nordau forgets that all sane people are idiots (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Behind Joy and Laughter there may be a temperament, coarse, hard and callous. But behind Sorrow there is always Sorrow. Pain, unlike Pleasure, wears no mask (Oscar Wilde Quotes) LADY BRACKNELL Algernon is an extremely, I may almost say an ostentatiously, eligible young man. He has nothing, but he looks everything. What more can one desire? (Oscar Wilde Quotes) How long could you love a woman who didn’t love you, Cecil? A woman who didn’t love me? Oh, all my life! (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Fashion is what one wears oneself. What is unfashionable is what other people wear. Just as vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people. And falsehoods the truths of other people. Other people are quite dreadful. The only possible society is oneself. To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance (Oscar Wilde Quotes) The way of paradoxes is the way of truth. To test Reality we must see it on the tight-rope (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Then there was a man who said, ‘I never knew what real happiness was until I got married; by then it was too late’ (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Youth! There is nothing like youth. The middle-aged are mortgaged to Life. The old are in Life’s lumber (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Without order nothing can exist-without chaos nothing can evolve. Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Like dear St. Francis of Assisi I am wedded to Poverty: but in my case the marriage is not a success (Oscar Wilde Quotes) There is more to be said for stupidity than people imagine. Personally I have a great admiration for stupidity. It is a sort of fellow-feeling, I suppose (Oscar Wilde Quotes) ‘He’s the most charming man. He’s the Oscar Wilde of our time. I only had one moment with him in that film and it’s a great source of regret. I love spending time with him. He’s always very open and effusive. His interest in you is genuine.’ (Oscar Wilde Quotes) In England, an inventor is regarded almost as a crazy man, and in too many instances invention ends in disappointment and poverty. In America, an inventor is honoured, help is forthcoming, and the exercise of ingenuity, the application of science to the work of man, is there the shortest road to wealth (Oscar Wilde Quotes) The Chinese general Sun Tzu said that all war was based on deception. Oscar Wilde said the same thing of romance (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Philosophies fall away like sand, and creeds follow one another like the withered leaves of Autumn; but what is beautiful is a joy for all seasons and a possession for all eternity (Oscar Wilde Quotes)

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