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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He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends
Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes
Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing
Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter
Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught
Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to
Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people
Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative
Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative
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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