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Oscar Wilde Quotes - Page 39

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The dim roar of London was like the bourdon note of a distant organ

The dim roar of London was like the bourdon note of a distant organ

London, Notes, Organs

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.3, Oxford University Press on Demand

The only sin is stupidity.

Stupidity, Sin

The fact is, that civilization requires slaves. Human slavery is wrong, insecure, and demoralizing. On mechanical slavery, on the slavery of the machine, the future of the world depends.

Insecure, Civilization, Machines

"The Soul of Man Under Socialism" (1891)

Nothing that actually occurs is of the smallest importance

Importance, Smallest

Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays”, p.1006, GENERAL PRESS

I never read a book I must review; it prejudices you so.

Book, Prejudice, Reviews

Better the rule of One, whom all obey, than to let clamorous demagogues betray our freedom with the kiss of anarchy.

Freedom, Kissing, Anarchy

Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Poems and poems in prose”, p.148, Oxford University Press on Demand

As a rule, I think they are quite impossible. Geniuses talk so much, don't they? Such a bad habit! And they are always thinking about themselves, when I want them to be thinking about me.

Thinking, Genius, Want

Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde”, p.624, Wordsworth Editions

Women's styles may change but their designs remain the same.

Women, Design, Style

Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. We can only record its moods, and chronicle their return. With us time itself does not progress. It revolves. It seems to circle round one center of pain.

Pain, Grief, Circles

Oscar Wilde (1961). “Works: Edited with an Introduction”

The man with a clear conscience probably has a poor memory.

Memories, Men, Poor

They are the elect to whom beautiful things mean only Beauty.

Beauty, Beautiful, Mean

Oscar Wilde (2005). “Picture of Dorian Gray”, p.11, Prestwick House Inc

The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.

Passion, Differences, Littles

The Picture of Dorian Gray ch. 2 (1891)

Only the great masters of style ever succeed in being obscure.

Style, Succeed, Obscure

Oscar Wilde (2012). “Oscar Wilde's Wit and Wisdom: A Book of Quotations”, p.39, Courier Corporation

He hasn't an enemy in the world, and none of his friend like him.

Funny, Humor, Enemy

Shaw 'Sixteen Self Sketches' ch. 17

The English are always degrading truths into facts. When a truth becomes a fact it loses all its intellectual value.

Intellectual, Facts, Truth Is

Oscar Wilde (2007). “Epigrams of Oscar Wilde”, p.200, Wordsworth Editions

Whatever, in fact, is modern in our life we owe to the Greeks. Whatever is an anachronism is due to mediaevalism.

Greek, Facts, Modern

Oscar Wilde (1997). “Collected Works of Oscar Wilde: The Plays, the Poems, the Stories and the Essays Including De Profundis”, p.975, Wordsworth Editions

The world is made by the singer for the dreamer.

Dreamer, World, Singers

Oscar Wilde (2004). “Intentions”, p.103, 1st World Publishing

Progress in thought is the assertion of individualism against authority.

Liberty, Progress, Individualism

Oscar Wilde, Nicholas Frankel (2011). “The Picture of Dorian Gray: An Annotated, Uncensored Edition”, p.94, Harvard University Press

A woman's life revolves in curves of emotions. It is upon lines of intellect that a man's life progresses.

Men, Curves, Progress

Oscar Wilde (2000). “The Plays of Oscar Wilde”, p.357, Wordsworth Editions

I don't recognize you - I've changed a lot.

Funny, Sarcastic, I've Changed

Poor? What does that matter? When poverty creeps in at the door, love flies in through the window.

Doors, Doe, Matter

Oscar Wilde (2005). “Picture of Dorian Gray”, p.62, Prestwick House Inc

Your machinery is beautiful. Your society people have apologized to me for the envious ridicule with which your newspapers have referred to me. Your newspapers are comic but never amusing. Your Water Tower is a castellated monstrosity with pepperboxes stuck all over it. I am amazed that any people could so abuse Gothic art and make a structure not like a water tower but like a tower of a medieval castle. It should be torn down. It is a shame to spend so much money on buildings with such an unsatisfactory result. Your city looks positively dreary.

Beautiful, Art, Cities

Well, one must be serious about something, if one wants to have any amusement in life.

Amusement, Want, Serious

Oscar Wilde (1899). “The Importance of Being Earnest”, p.112

There should be a law that no ordinary newspaper should be allowed to write about art. The harm they do by their foolish and random writing it would be impossible to overestimate--not to the artist but to the public.... Without them we would judge a man simply by his work; but at present the newspapers are trying hard to induce the public to judge a sculptor, for instance, never by his statues but by the way he treats his wife; a painter by the amount of his income and a poet by the colour of his necktie.

Art, Writing, Men

Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays”, p.648, GENERAL PRESS

Though one can dine in New York, one could not dwell there.

New York, Dine In, Cities At Night

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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