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Oscar Wilde Quotes - Page 15

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Popularity is the crown of laurel which the world puts on bad art. Whatever is popular is wrong.

Popularity is the crown of laurel which the world puts on bad art. Whatever is popular is wrong.

Art, Crowns, World

Oscar Wilde, Alvin Redman (1959). “The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde”, p.58, Courier Corporation

I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.

Inspirational, Funny, Travel

Oscar Wilde (2005). “The Importance of Being Earnest”, p.50, Prestwick House Inc

Now art should never try to be popular. The public should try to make itself artistic.

Inspirational, Art, Trying

Oscar Wilde (1997). “Collected Works of Oscar Wilde: The Plays, the Poems, the Stories and the Essays Including De Profundis”, p.1052, Wordsworth Editions

A man who pays his bills on time is soon forgotten.

Men, Debt, Pay

Where there is no love there is no understanding.

Understanding, Extravagance, No Love

Oscar Wilde (2016). “Reviews”, p.596, Oscar Wilde

Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.

Being Yourself, Truth, Honesty

"The Critic as Artist". Book by Oscar Wilde, 1891.

we always misunderstood ourselves, and rarely understood others

Misunderstood, Understood

Oscar Wilde (2015). “The Picture of Dorian Gray”, p.72, First Avenue Editions

I am a man of simple pleasures. The best suits me perfectly.

Simple, Men, Suits

The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves. The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

Relationship, Thinking, Optimism

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.52, Oxford University Press on Demand

Genius lasts longer than beauty

Genius, Lasts, Intellectualism

Oscar Wilde (2015). “The Picture of Dorian Gray (Diversion Classics)”, p.16, Diversion Books

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

Love, Funny, Witty

Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde”, p.39, Wordsworth Editions

Please do not shoot the pianist. He is doing his best.

Funny, Sarcasm, Piano Music

Impressions of America (1906). The Newark (Ohio) Daily Advocate, 20 Apr. 1883, describes an afterdinner speech made by Wilde in Paris about his experiences in the United States: "The brightest and best of the many stories he related was one to the effect that at a ball in Leadville he saw a notice over the piano which read: 'Please don't shoot the pianist. He is doing his best.' "

Fruitcake is like semen, there's a lot of it about but no one wants to swallow it

Fruitcake, Want

Would you be in any way offended if I said that you seem to me to be in every way the visible personification of absolute perfection?

Perfection, Way, Said

Most people are other people.

People, Existential

Letter to Alfred Douglas, Jan. - Mar. 1897

It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.

Art, Perfection, Perfectionist

1891 Intentions, 'The Critic as Artist'.

The only thing that ever consoles man for the stupid things he does is the praise he always gives himself for doing them.

Stupid, Silly, Men

Oscar Wilde (2016). “A Critic in Pall Mall”, p.214, Oscar Wilde

What a pity that in life we only get our lessons when they are of no use to us.

Use, Lessons, Pity

Oscar Wilde (2016). “Aphorisms”, p.4, Oscar Wilde

When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.

Life, Success, Death

An Ideal Husband act 2 (1895) See Goethe 15; T. H. Huxley 4; Modern Proverbs 14; George Bernard Shaw 16; Wilde 56

A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure.

Men, Feeling Sad, Sorrow

Oscar Wilde (2015). “The Picture of Dorian Gray (Diversion Classics)”, p.119, Diversion Books

She wore far too much rouge last night and not quite enough clothes. That is always a sign of despair in a woman.

Fashion, Maturity, Night

1895 Lord Goring. An Ideal Husband, act 2.

Rugby is a good occasion for keeping thirty bullies far from the center of the city.

Cities, Bully, Funny Sports

Agitators are a set of interfering, meddling people, who come down to some perfectly contented class of the community and sow the seeds of discontent amongst them. That is the reason why agitators are so absolutely necessary. Without them, in our incomplete state, there would be no advance towards civilization.

Civilization, Class, People

Oscar Wilde (1997). “Collected Works of Oscar Wilde: The Plays, the Poems, the Stories and the Essays Including De Profundis”, p.1044, Wordsworth Editions

People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves. It is what I call the depth of generosity.

People, Generosity, Giving

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.217, Oxford University Press on Demand

The great things in life are what they seem to be. And for that reason, strange as it may sound to you, often are very difficult to interpret (understand). Great passions are for the great of souls. Great events can only be seen by people who are on a level with them. We think we can have our visions for nothing. We cannot. Even the finest and most self-sacrificing visions have to be paid for. Strangely enough, that is what makes them fine.

Passion, Sacrifice, Thinking

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