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Oscar Wilde Quotes about Philosophy

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My philosophy? I'm always right and you are wrong.

My philosophy? I'm always right and you are wrong.

Philosophy

The secret of life is in art.

Life, Art, Philosophy

Oscar Wilde (2007). “Epigrams of Oscar Wilde”, p.41, Wordsworth Editions

Philosophy teaches us to bear with equanimity the misfortunes of others.

Philosophy, Bears, Misfortunes Of Others

Oscar Wilde (1997). “Nothing...Except My Genius”, p.46, Penguin UK

Be happy, be happy; you shall have your red rose. I will build it out of music by moonlight, and stain it with my own heart's-blood. All that I ask of you in return is that you will be a true lover, for Love is wiser than Philosophy, though she is wise, and mightier than Power, though he is mighty.

Life, Wise, Philosophy

Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays”, p.296, GENERAL PRESS

Beauty is a form of genius -- is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs no explanation.

Art, Philosophy, Dark Water

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.25, Oxford University Press on Demand

I made art a philosophy, and philosophy an art: I altered the minds of men, and the colour of things: I awoke the imagination of my century so that it created myth and legend around me: I summed up all things in a phrase, all existence in an epigram: whatever I touched I made beautiful

Beautiful, Art, Philosophy

Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: De profundis, "Epistola : in carcere et vinculis"”, p.95, Oxford University Press on Demand

Ah, on what little things does happiness depend! I have read all that the wise men have written, and all the secrets of philosophy are mine, yet for want of a red rose is my life made wretched.

Wise, Philosophy, Men

Oscar wilde (1943). “The Happy Prince and Other Tales (Illustrated)”, p.14, LCI

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

Philosophies fall away like sand, and creeds follow on another like the withered leaves of Autumn.

Philosophy, Fall, Autumn

Oscar Wilde (2016). “Essays and Lectures”, p.73, Xist Publishing

It is love, and not German philosophy, that is the true explanation of the world, whatever may be the explanation of the next.

Life, Philosophy, World

Oscar Wilde (2012). “The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde”, p.101, Courier Corporation

Artists, like the Greek gods, are only revealed to one another.

Art, Philosophy, History

Oscar Wilde (2010). “Oscar Wilde in America: The Interviews”, p.107, University of Illinois Press

I made art a philosophy, and philosophy an art.

Art, Philosophy, Made

Letter to Alfred Douglas, Jan. - Mar. 1897

Comfort is the only thing our civilization can give us.

Art, Philosophy, Civilization

Oscar Wilde (2012). “The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde”, p.67, Courier Corporation

There is no good talking to him," said a Dragon-fly, who was sitting on the top of a large brown bulrush; "no good at all, for he has gone away." "Well, that is his loss, not mine," answered the Rocket. "I am not going to stop talking to him merely because he pays no attention. I like hearing myself talk. It is one of my greatest pleasures. I often have long conversations all by myself, and I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying." "Then you should definitely lecture on Philosophy," said the Dragon-fly.

Clever, Philosophy, Loss

Oscar Wilde, Isobel Murray (1998). “Complete Shorter Fiction”, p.134, Oxford University Press, USA

In his very rejection of art Walt Whitman is an artist. He tried to produce a certain effect by certain means and he succeeded....He stands apart, and the chief value of his work is in its prophecy, not in its performance. He has begun a prelude to larger themes. He is the herald to a new era. As a man he is the precursor of a fresh type. He is a factor in the heroic and spiritual evolution of the human being. If Poetry has passed him by, Philosophy will take note of him.

Spiritual, Art, Philosophy

That is what the highest criticism really is, the record of one's own soul. It is more fascinating than history, as it is concerned simply with oneself. It is more delightful than philosophy, as its subject is concrete and not abstract, real and not vague. It is the only civilized form of autobiography.

Philosophy, Real, Soul

Oscar Wilde (1969). “The Artist as Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde”, p.365, University of Chicago Press

What a silly thing love is!' said the student as he walked away. 'It is not half as useful as logic, for it does not prove anything, and it is always telling one of things that are not going to happen, and making one believe things that are not true. In fact, it is quite unpractical, and, as in this age to be practical is everything, I shall go back to philosophy and study metaphysics.' So he returned to his room and pulled out a great dusty book, and began to read.

Philosophy, Believe, Silly

Oscar Wilde (2016). “Best of Oscar Wilde”, p.164, Jaico Publishing House

Philosophy is like a normal personal organizer, but it's smaller than a matchbox.

Philosophy, Normal, Matchboxes

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