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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Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them
By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, journalism keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community
Biography lends to death a new terror
Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship
As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular
Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known
An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all
Ambition is the last refuge of the failure
Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds
Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much
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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