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Oscar Wilde Quotes - Page 40

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Alas! it is a fearful thing To feel another's guilt!

Alas! it is a fearful thing To feel another's guilt!

Guilt, Feels, Fearful

Oscar Wilde (2015). “Selected Poems of Oscar Wilde”, p.11, Sheba Blake Publishing

The worst thing to do with success, is to boast about it.

Worst, Things To Do, Boast

Each man lived his own life and paid his own price for living it. The only pity was one had to pay so often for a single fault. One had to pay over and over again, indeed. In her dealings with man, Destiny never closed her accounts.

Destiny, Men, Pay

Oscar Wilde (2005). “Picture of Dorian Gray”, p.159, Prestwick House Inc

As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them, of course, but one cannot possibly admire them. They have made private terms with the enemy, and sold their birthright for very bad pottage. They must also be extraordinarily stupid.

Stupid, Enemy, Poverty

Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays”, p.1035, GENERAL PRESS

There was purification in punishment. Not 'Forgive us our sins,' but 'Smite us for our iniquities' should be the prayer of a man to a most just God.

Prayer, Men, Forgiving

Oscar Wilde (1997). “Collected Works of Oscar Wilde: The Plays, the Poems, the Stories and the Essays Including De Profundis”, p.152, Wordsworth Editions

The gods bestowed on Max [Beerbohm] the gift of perpetual old age.

Art, Age, Max

Oscar Wilde (2007). “Epigrams of Oscar Wilde”, p.43, Wordsworth Editions

Before Turner there was no fog in London.

Fog, London, Turner

I am but too conscious of the fact that we are born in an age when only the dull are treated seriously, and I live in terror of not being misunderstood.

Misunderstood, Age, Dull

Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde”, p.971, Wordsworth Editions

If property had simply pleasures, we could stand it; but its duties make it unbearable. In the interest of the rich we must get rid of it.

Unbearable, Rich, Pleasure

Oscar Wilde (2014). “Miscellaneous Aphorisms: The Soul of Man”, p.52, Simon and Schuster

I should have remembered that when one is going to lead an entirely new life, one requires regular and wholesome meals.

Food, Should Have, Cooking

Oscar Wilde (2004). “The Best of Oscar Wilde: Selected Plays and Writings”, p.270, Penguin

The fact is, that civilization requires slaves. Unless there are slaves to do the ugly, horrible, uninteresting work, culture and contemplation become almost impossible.

Government, Civilization, Culture

"The Soul of Man Under Socialism" (1891)

The man who says he has exhausted life generally means that life has exhausted him.

Life, Mean, Men

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

Funny, Life, Witty

Oscar Wilde (2016). “Reviews”, p.121, Oscar Wilde

I don't like novels that end happily. They depress me so much

Depressing, Ends, Prisms

Oscar Wilde (2014). “The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays”, p.36, Simon and Schuster

On an occasion of this kind it becomes more than a moral duty to speak one's mind. It becomes a pleasure.

Funny, Mind, Criticism

'The Importance of Being Earnest' (1895) act 2

A glass of absinthe is as poetical as anything in the world. What difference is there between a glass of absinthe and a sunset?

Sunset, Glasses, Differences

If one hears bad music, it is one's duty to drown it by one's conversation.

Music, Conversation, Duty

1891 The Picture of Dorian Gray, ch.4.

I am a born antinomian. I am one of those who are made for exceptions, not for laws. But while I see that there is nothing wrong in what one does, I see that there is something wrong in what one becomes.

Law, Doe, Born

Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: De profundis, "Epistola : in carcere et vinculis"”, p.98, Oxford University Press on Demand

And thus we rust Life's iron chain Degraded and alone: And some men curse, and some men weep, And some men make no moan: But God's eternal Laws are kind And break the heart of stone

Heart, Men, Law

Oscar Wilde (2013). “Selected Poems of Oscar Wilde”, p.14, Simon and Schuster

Life cheats us with shadows. We ask it for pleasure. It gives it to us with bitterness and disappointment in its train.

Disappointment, Giving, Shadow

Oscar Wilde (2007). “Epigrams of Oscar Wilde”, p.67, Wordsworth Editions

Ah! The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can be analyzed, women...merely adored.

Women, Psychology, Facts

Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays”, p.1160, GENERAL PRESS

When critics disagree the artist is in accord with himself.

Artist, Criticism, Beneath The Surface

Oscar Wilde (2012). “The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde”, p.175, Courier Corporation

The one charm of the past is that it is the past.

Past, Charm, Past Present Future

Oscar Wilde, Moira Muldoon (2005). “The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Writings”, p.110, Simon and Schuster

Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived.

Faith, Atheist, Religion

Oscar Wilde (2012). “Epigrams”, p.99, BoD – Books on Demand

All great ideas are dangerous.

Art, Philosophy, Ideas

Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: De profundis, "Epistola : in carcere et vinculis"”, p.122, Oxford University Press on Demand

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