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His style is chaos illumined ...

His style is chaos illumined by flashes of lightning. As a writer he has mastered everything except language.

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He made me see what Life is, ...

He made me see what Life is, and what Death signifies, and why Love is stronger than both.

Oscar Wilde 2454 quotes

The basis of action is lack o...

The basis of action is lack of imagination. It is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.

Oscar Wilde 2454 quotes

What is termed Sin is an esse...

What is termed Sin is an essential element of progress. Without it the world would stagnate, or grow old, or become colourless.

Oscar Wilde 2454 quotes

I have a business appointment...

I have a business appointment that I am anxious... to miss.

Oscar Wilde 2454 quotes

Women treat us [men] like hum...

Women treat us [men] like humanity treats gods – they worship us and keep bothering us to do something.

Oscar Wilde 2454 quotes

She behaves as if she was bea...

She behaves as if she was beautiful. Most American women do. It is the secret of their charm.

Oscar Wilde 2454 quotes

The first thing that struck m...

The first thing that struck me on landing in America was that if the Americans are not the most well-dressed people in the world, they are the most comfortably dressed.

Oscar Wilde 2454 quotes

One should never make one's e...

One should never make one's entrance with a scandal. One should reserve that to give an interest to one's old age.

Oscar Wilde 2454 quotes

memory, like a horrible malad...

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

Oscar Wilde 2454 quotes

If they know nothing of victo...

If they know nothing of victory, they are at least spared the knowledge of defeat.

Oscar Wilde 2454 quotes

LORD ILLINGWORTH: The soul is...

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.

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I don’t regret for a single m...

I don’t regret for a single moment having lived for pleasure. I did it to the full, as one should do everything that one does. There was no pleasure I did not experience.

Oscar Wilde 2454 quotes

She was a curious woman, whos...

She was a curious woman, whose dresses always looked as if they had been designed in a rage and put on in a tempest. She was usually in love with somebody, and, as her passion was never returned, she had kept all her illusions. She tried to look picturesque, but only succeeded in being untidy.

Oscar Wilde 2454 quotes

The only thing that the artis...

The only thing that the artist cannot see is the obvious. The only thing that the public can see is the obvious.

Oscar Wilde 2454 quotes

We think that we are generous...

We think that we are generous because we credit our neighbor with those virtues that are likely to benefit ourselves. We praise the banker that we may overdraw our account, and find good qualities in the highwayman in the hope that he may spare our pockets.

Oscar Wilde 2454 quotes

Psycholog­y is in its infancy...

Psycholog­y is in its infancy, as a science. I hope in the interests of Art, it will always remain so.

Oscar Wilde 2454 quotes

You told me you had destroyed...

You told me you had destroyed it." "I was wrong. It has destroyed me.

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My dear fellow, the truth isn...

My dear fellow, the truth isn’t quite the sort of thing one tells to a nice, sweet, refined girl. What extraordinary ideas you have about the way to behave to a woman!

Oscar Wilde 2454 quotes

The 19thc hatred of Realism i...

The 19thc hatred of Realism is Caliban's enraged reaction to seeing his own face in the mirror. The 19thc rejection of Romanticism is Caliban's fury at not seeing his face reflected in the mirror.

Oscar Wilde 2454 quotes

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