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Oscar Wilde Quotes about Soul

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To regret one’s own experiences is to arrest one’s own development. To deny one’s own experiences is to put a lie into the lips of one’s own life. It is no less than a denial of the soul.

To regret one’s own experiences is to arrest one’s own development. To deny one’s own experiences is to put a lie into the lips of one’s own life. It is no less than a denial of the soul.

Regret, Lying, Soul

Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: De profundis, "Epistola : in carcere et vinculis"”, p.100, Oxford University Press on Demand

The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life.

Inspirational, Spiritual, Soul

Oscar Wilde (2012). “The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde”, p.168, Courier Corporation

I drink to separate my body from my soul.

Soul, Body, Drink

For one moment our lives met, our souls touched.

Soul, Moments, Mets

Oscar Wilde (2000). “The Plays of Oscar Wilde”, p.188, Wordsworth Editions

The soul is a terrible reality. It can be bought and sold and bartered away.

Reality, Soul, Terrible

Oscar Wilde, Moira Muldoon (2005). “The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Writings”, p.230, Simon and Schuster

Those who see any difference between soul and body have neither

Soul And Body, Differences, Soul

Oscar Wilde (2012). “The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde”, p.210, Courier Corporation

Mere color, unspoiled by meaning, and unallied with definite form, can speak to the soul in a thousand different ways.

Color, Soul, Different

Oscar Wilde (2004). “The Best of Oscar Wilde: Selected Plays and Writings”, p.319, Penguin

The final mystery is oneself... Who can calculate the orbit of his own soul.

Soul, Orbit, Finals

Letter to Alfred Douglas, Jan. - Mar. 1897

How does one cure the soul? Through the senses

Soul, Doe, Cures

Truth in art is the unity of a thing with itself: the outward rendered expressive of the inward: the soul made incarnate: the body instinct with spirit. For this reason there is no truth comparable to sorrow.

Art, Soul, Unity

Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: De profundis, "Epistola : in carcere et vinculis"”, p.170, Oxford University Press on Demand

What men call the shadow of the body is not the shadow of the body, but is the body of the soul.

Men, Soul, Shadow

Oscar Wilde (2012). “The Complete Short Stories of Oscar Wilde”, p.95, Courier Corporation

Sins of the flesh are nothing. They are maladies for physicians to cure, if they should be cured. Sins of the soul alone are shameful.

Soul, Physicians, Flesh

Oscar Wilde (2007). “Epigrams of Oscar Wilde”, p.171, Wordsworth Editions

I want to be good. I can't bear the idea of my soul being hideous.

Ideas, Soul, Want

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.251, Oxford University Press on Demand

I threw the pearl of my soul into a cup of wine. I went down the primrose path to the sound of flutes. I lived on honeycomb.

Wine, Soul, Sound

Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: De profundis, "Epistola : in carcere et vinculis"”, p.109, Oxford University Press on Demand

Great passions are for the great of soul, and great events can be seen only by those who are on a level with them

Passion, Soul, Events

Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: De profundis, "Epistola : in carcere et vinculis"”, p.190, Oxford University Press on Demand

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

I see that any materialism in life coarsens the soul, and that the hunger of the body and the appetites of the flesh desecrate always, and often destroy.

Soul, Body, Flesh

"There is no such thing as a good influence, Mr. Gray. All influence is immoral — immoral from the scientific point of view." "Why?" "Because to influence a person is to give him one's own soul."

Giving, Soul, Influence

"The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Writings".

How strange a thing this is! The Priest telleth me that the Soul is worth all the gold in the world, and the merchants say that it is not worth a clipped piece of silver.

Soul, Gold, Pieces

Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays”, p.230, GENERAL PRESS

If only the picture could grow old, and I stay young. For that...for that, I would give my SOUL for that.

Vanity, Giving, Soul

I will not bare my soul to their shallow prying eyes. My heart shall never be put under their microscope.

Heart, Eye, Soul

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.14, Oxford University Press on Demand

LORD ILLINGWORTH: The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. MRS ALLONBY: And the body is born young and grows old. That is life's tragedy.

Soul, Tragedy, Body

Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde”, p.548, Wordsworth Editions

memory, like a horrible malady, was eating his soul away

Memories, Soul, Eating

Oscar Wilde (2013). “The Picture of Dorian Gray: The Story of a Fashionable Young Man Who Sells His Soul for Eternal Youth and Beauty (Beloved Books Edition)”, p.209, Lulu Press, Inc

Lo! with a little rod I did but touch the honey of romance — And must I lose a soul's inheritance?

Romance, Soul, Inheritance

Oscar Wilde (2013). “The Artist As Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde”, p.12, Random House

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