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Oscar Wilde Quotes - Page 9

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The emotions of man are stirred more quickly than man’s intelligence.

The emotions of man are stirred more quickly than man’s intelligence.

Men, Emotion

Oscar Wilde (2013). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde (more than 150 Works)”, p.1709, e-artnow

What fire does not destroy, it hardens

Fire, Doe

Oscar Wilde (2007). “Epigrams of Oscar Wilde”, p.220, Wordsworth Editions

Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.

Funny, Life, Witty

Oscar Wilde (1947). “The Happy Prince”, p.16, New Line Publishing

Self-denial is the shining sore on the leprous body of Christianity.

Fear, Self, Shining

No man dies for what he knows to be true. Men die for what they want to be true, for what some terror in their hearts tells them is not true.

Heart, Men, Atheism

Oscar Wilde (1969). “The Artist as Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde”, p.219, University of Chicago Press

Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.

Work, Failure, Ambition

"Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young" (1894)

Ah! realize your youth while you have it. Don’t squander the gold of your days, listening to the tedious, trying to improve the hopeless failure, or giving away your life to the ignorant, the common, and the vulgar. These are the sickly aims, the false ideals, of our age. Live! Live the wonderful life that is in you! Let nothing be lost upon you. Be always searching for new sensations. Be afraid of nothing.

Giving, Ignorant, Listening

Oscar Wilde (2005). “Picture of Dorian Gray”, p.28, Prestwick House Inc

Alas, I am dying beyond my means.

Death, Wine, Mean

Some things are too important to be taken seriously.

Taken, Important

My wish isn't to mean everything to everyone but something to someone.

Mean, Wish, My Wish

The only way a woman can ever reform a man is by boring him so completely that he loses all possible interest in life.

Funny, Life, Break Up

Oscar Wilde (2015). “The Picture of Dorian Gray”, p.119, First Avenue Editions

They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever.

Love, Life, Sex

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.27, Oxford University Press on Demand

Public opinion exists only where there are no ideas.

Ideas, Public Opinion, Opinion

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

A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.

Funny, Sarcastic, Witty

Oscar Wilde (2014). “The Wit and Wisdom of Oscar Wilde”, p.13, Courier Corporation

Art only begins where Imitation ends.

Art, Imitation, Ends

Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: De profundis, "Epistola : in carcere et vinculis"”, p.126, Oxford University Press on Demand

The only way to get rid of tempation is to yeild to it.

Way

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

Inspirational, Anger, Reading

The Picture of Dorian Gray ch. 19 (1891)

History is a lie commonly agreed upon.

Lying

I am happy in my prison of passion

Passion, Prison

Thinking is wonderful, but the experience is even more wonderful.

Thinking, Wonderful

The curves of your lips rewrite history.

Beautiful, Curves, Lips

Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde”, p.152, Wordsworth Editions

The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.

Drinking, Emotion, Advantage

Oscar Wilde (2012). “The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde”, p.216, Courier Corporation

The systems that fail are those that rely on the permanency of human nature, and not its growth and development.

Growth, Development, Human Nature

Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde”, p.1062, Wordsworth Editions

When a love comes to an end, weaklings cry, efficient ones instantly find another love, and the wise already have one in reserve.

Broken Heart, Wise, Lost Love

An egg is always an adventure; the next one may be different.

Food, Adventure, Eggs

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