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Oscar Wilde Quotes - Page 46

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When I see a spade, I call it a spade. I'm glad to say I have never seen a spade. The man who would call a spade a spade should be compelled to use it. It's the only thing he's fit for.

When I see a spade, I call it a spade. I'm glad to say I have never seen a spade. The man who would call a spade a spade should be compelled to use it. It's the only thing he's fit for.

Men, Use, Fit

Oh, brothers! I don't care for brothers. My elder brother won't die, and my younger brothers seem never to do anything else.

Brother, Care, Funny Brother

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.11, Oxford University Press on Demand

A grand passion is the privelege of people who have nothing to do.

Passion, People

There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally bad.

Authority, Monarchs

Oscar Wilde (2016). “Aphorisms”, p.62, Oscar Wilde

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.

Funny, People, Stupidity

Oscar Wilde (2016). “Aphorisms”, p.7, Oscar Wilde

A woman will flirt with anybody in the world as long as other people are looking on.

Flirty, Flirting, Long

Oscar Wilde (2016). “Aphorisms”, p.8, Oscar Wilde

The man who can dominate a London dinner-table can dominate the world.

Men, Political, World

1893 Lord Illingworth. A Woman of No Importance, act 3.

There is no man who is not, at each moment, what he has been and what he will be.

Men, Moments, Has Beens

The past could always be annihilated. Regret, denial, or forgetfulness could do that. But the future was inevitable.

Regret, Past, Anxiety

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.96, Oxford University Press on Demand

If it is not nailed to the floor, it's mine. If I can pry it loose, it is not nailed down.

Mines, Ifs, I Can

Its a beautiful woman's fate to be the subject of conversation where ever she goes

Beautiful, Fate, Conversation

To be premature is to be perfect

Perfect, Premature

Oscar Wilde (2012). “The Picture of Dorian Gray”, p.31, Oberon Books

It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.

Life, Sadness, Useless Things

Oscar Wilde (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Oscar Wilde (Illustrated)”, p.1670, Delphi Classics

Nothing annoys people so much as not receiving invitations.

People, Receiving, Annoying

Oscar Wilde (1899). “The Importance of Being Earnest”, p.16

Youth! There is nothing like youth. The middle-aged are mortgaged to Life. The old are in Life's lumber-room. But youth is the Lord of Life. Youth has a kingdom waiting for it. Every one is born a king, and most people die in exile.

Time, Kings, People

Oscar Wilde (2004). “The Best of Oscar Wilde: Selected Plays and Writings”, p.142, Penguin

Bad art is a great deal worse than no art at all.

Art, Artist, Art Is

Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays”, p.780, GENERAL PRESS

All trials are trials for one's life, just as all sentences are sentences of death.

Death, Trials, Sentences

Oscar Wilde (2012). “The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde”, p.222, Courier Corporation

From the point of view of literature Mr. Kipling is a genius who drops his aspirates. From the point of view of life, he is a reporter who knows vulgarity better than any one has ever known it.

Writing, Views, Genius

Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde”, p.1012, Wordsworth Editions

Alcohol, taken in sufficient quantities, may produce all the effects of drunkenness.

Taken, Alcohol, May

How else but through a broken heart may Lord Christ enter in?

Sad, Broken Heart, Heartbreak

The Ballad of Reading Gaol pt. 5, st. 14 (1898)

You know we poor artists have to show ourselves in society from time to time, just to remind the public that we are not savages.

Artist, Savages, Poor

Oscar Wilde (2016). “The Picture of Dorian Gray”, p.11, Xist Publishing

There was so much in you that charmed me that I felt I must tell you something about yourself. I thought how tragic it would be if you were wasted.

Would Be, About Yourself, Tragic

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.187, Oxford University Press on Demand

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

Congratulations, St Francis Of Assisi, Poverty

Oscar Wilde (1962). “The letters of Oscar Wilde”

Fantastic shadows of birds

Bird, Shadow, Fantastic

Oscar Wilde (2016). “The Picture Of Dorian Gray”, p.6, Oscar Wilde

Dullness is the coming of age of seriousness.

Age, Seriousness, Coming Of Age

Oscar Wilde, Isobel Murray (1999). “The Soul of Man, and Prison Writings”, p.10, Oxford University Press, USA

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