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Oscar Wilde Quotes - Page 64

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In going to America one learns that poverty is not a necessary accompaniment to civilization.

In going to America one learns that poverty is not a necessary accompaniment to civilization.

Civilization, America, Poverty

Oscar Wilde, Lady Wilde (1909). “Epigrams: Oscariana; Sebastian Melmoth; Phrases and philosophies; Oscar Wilde's literary art; Correspondence; Impressions of America, with an introduction by Stuart Mason; Oscar Wilde in America”

As for begging, it is safer to beg than to take, but it is finer to take than to beg

Poverty, Poor, Begging

Oscar Wilde (1997). “Collected Works of Oscar Wilde: The Plays, the Poems, the Stories and the Essays Including De Profundis”, p.1043, Wordsworth Editions

It is in the brain that the poppy is red, that the apple is odorous, that the skylark sings.

Apples, Brain, Red

Oscar Wilde (2004). “The Best of Oscar Wilde: Selected Plays and Writings”, p.9, Penguin

In art, the public accept what has been, because they cannot alter it, not because they appreciate it. They swallow their classics whole, and never taste them.

Art, Appreciate, Taste

Oscar Wilde (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Oscar Wilde (Illustrated)”, p.1653, Delphi Classics

Most men and women are forced to perform parts for which they have no qualification.

Men, Men And Women, Qualifications

Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde”, p.163, Wordsworth Editions

Reforms in Russia are very tragic, but they always end in a farce.

Russia, Reform, Farce

Oscar Wilde (2014). “Wilde Complete Plays: Lady Windermere's Fan; An Ideal Husband; The Importance of Being Earnest; A Woman of No Importance; Salome; The Duchess of Padua; Vera, or the Nihilists; A Florentine Tragedy; La Sainte Courtisane”, p.570, Bloomsbury Publishing

The only thing that can console one for being poor is extravagance.

Funny, Money, Extravagance

Oscar Wilde (2007). “Epigrams of Oscar Wilde”, p.187, Wordsworth Editions

As yet, Bernard Shaw hasn't become prominent enough to have any enemies, but none of his friends like him.

Enemy, Bernard Shaw, Enough

I could never quite accustom myself to absinthe, but it suits my style so well

Style, Never Quit, Suits

Bore: a man who is never unintentionally rude.

Men, Rude, Bores

The quivering, ardent sunlight showed him the lines of cruelty round the mouth as clearly as if he had been looking into a mirror after he had done some dreadful thing.

Halloween, Mirrors, Done

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.66, Oxford University Press on Demand

It is always with the best intentions that the worst work is done.

Life, Work, Government

Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays”, p.810, GENERAL PRESS

The best one can say of modern creative art is that it is just a little less vulgar than reality.

Art, Reality, Creative

Her love was trembling in laughter on her lips.

Laughter, Emo, Lips

Oscar Wilde (2015). “The Picture of Dorian Gray (Diversion Classics)”, p.73, Diversion Books

It is absurd to say that there are neither ruins nor curiosities in America when they have their mothers and their manners.

Mother, America, Insulting

Oscar Wilde (2014). “Epigrams and Aphorisms”, p.55, BoD – Books on Demand

In England it is enough for a man to try and produce any serious, beautiful work to lose all his rights as a citizen.

Beautiful, Men, Rights

Oscar Wilde (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Oscar Wilde (Illustrated)”, p.1583, Delphi Classics

I believe it is customary in good society to take some slight refreshment at five o'clock.

Believe, Tea, Clock

Oscar Wilde (2016). “The Importance of Being Earnest: Revised Edition”, p.7, Bloomsbury Publishing

Perhaps in nearly every joy, as certainly in every pleasure, cruelty has its place.

Joy, Pleasure, Cruelty

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.105, Oxford University Press on Demand

There is nothing that stirs in the whole world of thought to which sorrow does not vibrate in terrible and exquisite pulsation.

Grief, Suffering, Sorrow

Oscar Wilde (1961). “DE PROFUNDIS”, p.7, VICTORIA INSTITUTIONS

Life would be dull without them.

Mistake, Would Be, Dull

Lord Darlington (LD): I think life too complex a thing to be settled by these hard and fast rules. Lady Windemere (LW): If we had 'hard-and-fast rules' we would find life much simpler. LD: You allow of no exceptions? LW: None! LD: Ah, what a fascinating Puritan you are, LW. LW: The adjective was unnecessary, LD.

Life, Thinking, Lds

There is something tragic about the enormous number of young men there are in England at the present moment who start life with perfect profiles, and end by adopting some useful profession.

Work, Men, Numbers

Oscar Wilde (1969). “The Artist as Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde”, p.437, University of Chicago Press

Life, Lady Stutfield, is simply a mauvais quart d'heure made up of exquisite moments.

Life, Moments, Made

Oscar Wilde (2000). “The Plays of Oscar Wilde”, p.237, Wordsworth Editions

Judges, like the criminal classes, have their lighter moments

Class, Judging, Judgement

Oscar Wilde (2014). “A Critic in Pall Mall: Being Extracts from Reviews and Miscellanies”, p.150, Simon and Schuster

I dislike modern memoirs. They are generally written by people who have either entirely lost their memories, or have never done anything worth remembering.

Memories, People, Done

Oscar Wilde (1969). “The Artist as Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde”, p.341, University of Chicago Press

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