Oscar Wilde
Ireland
16 Oct 1854 // 30 Nov 1900
Playwright / Novelist / Poet
16 Oct 1854 // 30 Nov 1900
Playwright / Novelist / Poet
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It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information
In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane
Illusion is the first of all pleasures
If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism
If there was less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world
If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all
I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it is simply a tragedy
I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything
I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train
I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
Essays
Essays