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There is no country in the world where machinery is so lovely as in America. It was not until I had seen the water-works at Chicago that I realised the wonders of machinery; the rise and fall of the steel rods, the

There is no country in the world where machinery is so lovely as in America. It was not until I had seen the water-works at Chicago that I realised the wonders of machinery; the rise and fall of the steel rods, the symmetrical motion of the great wheels is the most beautiful rhythmic thing I have ever seen.

Oscar Wilde
Beautiful, Country, Fall
Oscar Wilde (1969). “The Artist as Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde”, p.7, University of Chicago Press

We are specially designed to appeal to the sense of humour.

Oscar Wilde
Appeals, Humour
Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: De profundis, "Epistola : in carcere et vinculis"”, p.127, Oxford University Press on Demand

Be yourself, because others are already taken.

Oscar Wilde
Being Yourself, Taken, Already Taken

The Bostonians take their learning too sadly: culture with them is an accomplishment rather than an atmosphere; their "Hub," as they call it, is the paradise of prigs.

Oscar Wilde
Accomplishment, Atmosphere, Culture
Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays”, p.1023, GENERAL PRESS

I find that forgiving one's enemies is a most curious morbid pleasure; perhaps I should check it.

Oscar Wilde
Forgiving, Enemy, Morbid
Oscar Wilde (2014). “The Wit and Wisdom of Oscar Wilde”, p.145, Courier Corporation

She said that she would dance with me if I brought her red roses but in all my garden there is no red rose.

Oscar Wilde
Garden, Dancing, Rose
Oscar Wilde (2015). “The Nightingale and the Rose”, p.3, Booklassic

There is no doubt that genius lasts longer than beauty.

Oscar Wilde
Doubt, Genius, Lasts
Oscar Wilde (2016). “The Picture of Dorian Gray”, p.15, Xist Publishing

Divorces are made in heaven.

Oscar Wilde
Divorce, Heaven, Made
Oscar Wilde, Alyssa Harad (2005). “The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays”, p.8, Simon and Schuster

But what of life whose bitter hungry sea Flows at our heels, and gloom of sunless night Covers the days which never more return? Ambition, love and all the thoughts that burn We lose too soon, and only find delight In withered husks of some dead memory.

Oscar Wilde
Sad, Memories, Ambition
Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Poems and poems in prose”, p.25, Oxford University Press on Demand

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