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  • Oscar Wilde Quotes   1859
  • He was a hero to his valet, who bullied him, and a terror to most of his relations, whom he bullied in turn. Only England could have produced him, and he always said that the country was going to the dogs. His principles were out of date, but there was a good deal to be said for his prejudices.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Oscar Wilde Quotes , Country Quotes , Bullying Quotes
  • every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter. The sitter is merely the accident, the occasion. It is not he who is revealed by the painter; it is rather the painter who, on the coloured canvas, reveals himself.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Oscar Wilde Quotes , Artist Quotes , Feelings Quotes
  • In war," answered the weaver, "the strong make slaves of the weak, and in peace the rich make slaves of the poor. We must work to live, and they give us such mean wages that we die. We toil for them all day long, and they heap up gold in their coffers, and our children fade away before their time, and the faces of those we love become hard and evil. We tread out the grapes, another drinks the wine. We sow the corn, and our own board is empty. We have chains, though no eye beholds them; and are slaves, though men call us free.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Oscar Wilde Quotes , Love Quotes , Strong Quotes