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  • Oscar Wilde Quotes   1859
  • There are three kinds of despots. There is the despot who tyrannizes over the body. There is the despot who tyrannizes over the soul. There is the despot who tyrannizes over the soul and body alike. The first is called the Prince. The second is called the Pope. The third is called the People.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Oscar Wilde Quotes , Government Quotes , Soul And Body Quotes
  • And her sweet red lips on these lips of mine Burned like the ruby fire set In the swinging lamp of a crimson shrine, Or the bleeding wounds of the pomegranate, Or the heart of the lotus drenched and wet With the spilt-out blood of the rose-red wine.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Oscar Wilde Quotes , Sweet Quotes , Heart Quotes
  • That very concentration of vision and intensity of purpose which is the characteristic of the artistic temperament is in itself a mode of limitation. To those who are preoccupied with the beauty of form nothing else seems of much importance.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Oscar Wilde Quotes , Vision Quotes , Purpose Quotes
  • Be happy, be happy; you shall have your red rose. I will build it out of music by moonlight, and stain it with my own heart's-blood. All that I ask of you in return is that you will be a true lover, for Love is wiser than Philosophy, though she is wise, and mightier than Power, though he is mighty.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Oscar Wilde Quotes , Life Quotes , Wise Quotes
  • Lord Darlington (LD): I think life too complex a thing to be settled by these hard and fast rules. Lady Windemere (LW): If we had 'hard-and-fast rules' we would find life much simpler. LD: You allow of no exceptions? LW: None! LD: Ah, what a fascinating Puritan you are, LW. LW: The adjective was unnecessary, LD.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Oscar Wilde Quotes , Life Quotes , Thinking Quotes