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Oscar Wilde Quotes - Page 32

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He was always late on principle, his principle being that punctuality is the thief of time.

He was always late on principle, his principle being that punctuality is the thief of time.

Time, Principles, Thieves

"The Picture of Dorian Gray and Three Stories".

The supreme object of life is to live. Few people live. It is true life only to realize one's own perfection, to make one's every dream a reality.

Dream, Reality, People

Oscar Wilde (1997). “Nothing...Except My Genius”, p.30, Penguin UK

If a friend of mine gave a feast, and did not invite me to it, I should not mind a bit. But if a friend of mine had a sorrow and refused to allow me to share it, I should feel it most bitterly.

Friends, Mind, Sorrow

Oscar Wilde (1999). “De Profundis: The Ballad of Reading Gaol and Other Writings”, p.86, Wordsworth Editions

My dear Arthur, I never talk scandal. I only talk gossip. What is the difference between scandal and gossip? Oh! Gossip is charming! History is merely gossip. But scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.

Differences, Gossip, Scandal

Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde”, p.518, Wordsworth Editions

Genius is born-not paid

Funny, Witty, Genius

Oscar Wilde, Alvin Redman (1959). “The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde”, p.202, Courier Corporation

To get into the best society, nowadays, one has either to feed people, amuse people, or shock people - that is all!

People, Shock

Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde”, p.566, Wordsworth Editions

A man whose desire is to be something separate from himself, to be a member of Parliament, or a successful grocer, or a prominent solicitor, or a judge, or something equally tedious, invariably succeeds in being what he wants to be. That is his punishment. Those who want a mask have to wear it.

Successful, Men, Judging

Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: De profundis, "Epistola : in carcere et vinculis"”, p.184, Oxford University Press on Demand

When a man has once loved a woman he will do anything for her except continue to love her.

Love, Men

Oscar Wilde, Alyssa Harad (2005). “The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays”, p.267, Simon and Schuster

If a woman wants to hold a man she has merely to appeal to what is worst in him.

Men, Want, Appeals

Oscar Wilde (2015). “Lady Windermere's Fan”, p.45, Oscar Wilde

I wonder that no criminal has ever pleaded the ugliness of your city as an excuse for his crimes.

Cities, America, Criminals

Oscar Wilde (2010). “Oscar Wilde in America: The Interviews”, p.70, University of Illinois Press

Every great man nowadays has his disciples, and it is usually Judas who writes the biography.

Writing, Men, Biographies

"The Butterfly's Boswell" (1887)

Youth is the only thing worth having. When I find that I am growing old, I shall kill myself.

Growing, Youth, Growing Old

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

I analyzed you, though you did not adore me.

Adore

Oscar Wilde, Lady Wilde (1909). “A woman of no importance. An ideal husband”

You have filled my tea with lumps of sugar, and though I asked most distinctly for bread and butter, you have given me cake. I am known for the gentleness of my disposition, and the extraordinary sweetness of my nature, but I warn you, Miss Cardew, you may go too far.

Cake, Missing, Tea

Oscar Wilde (2015). “Oscar Wilde The Dover Reader”, p.402, Courier Dover Publications

Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everybody in good society holds exactly the same opinions.

Sarcastic, Political, Opinion

"Stories for Young People".

It is only shallow people who require years to get rid of an emotion. A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure. I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.

Men, Years, People

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.85, Oxford University Press on Demand

The camera, you know, will never capture you. Photography, in my experience, has the miraculous power of transferring wine into water.

Photography, Wine, Water

It is much more easy to have sympathy with suffering than it is to have sympathy with thought.

Sympathy, Suffering, Easy

Oscar Wilde (2007). “Epigrams of Oscar Wilde”, p.216, Wordsworth Editions

There were opium-dens, where one could buy oblivion, dens of horror where the memory of old sins could be destroyed by the madness of sins that were new.

Memories, Madness, Horror

Oscar Wilde (2015). “The Picture of Dorian Gray (Diversion Classics)”, p.201, Diversion Books

If one were to live his life fully and completely were to give form to every feeling, expression to every thought, reality to every dream.

Dream, Reality, Expression

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.183, Oxford University Press on Demand

Love! What is love? It's nothing. It's just a word. It doesn't exist. Only pleasure is important.

What Is Love, Important, Pleasure

And all the woods are alive with the murmur and sound of Spring, And the rose-bud breaks into pink on the climbing briar, And the crocus-bed is a quivering moon of fire Girdled round with the belt of an amethyst ring.

Spring, Moon, Fire

Oscar Wilde (2014). “Poems”, p.37, Simon and Schuster

It's tragic how few people ever 'possess their souls' before they die. 'Nothing is more rare in any man', says Emerson, 'than an act of his own.' It is quite true. Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their life is a mimicry, their passions a quotation.

Passion, Men, People

Oscar Wilde (1977). “The illustrated Oscar Wilde”

I am afraid he has one of those terribly weak natures that are susceptible to influence.

Luck, Influence, Weak

A woman who cannot make her mistakes charming, is only a female.

Mistake, Female, Charming

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