Oscar Wilde Quotes, Art Quotes, Writing Quotes

There should be a law that no ordinary newspaper should be allowed to write about art. The harm they do by their foolish and random writing it would be impossible to overestimate--not to the artist but to the public.... Without them we would judge a man simply by his work; but at present the newspapers are trying hard to induce the public to judge a sculptor, for instance, never by his statues but by the way he treats his wife; a painter by the amount of his income and a poet by the colour of his necktie.

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Know thyself' was written over the portal of the antique world. Over the portal of the new world, 'Be thyself' shall be written.

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Love is easily killed.

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One should always be a little improbable.

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I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take towards life.

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Sometimes the poor are praised for being thrifty. But to recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is like advising a man who is starving to eat less.

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Where your life leads you, you must go

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Nowadays, saying what you really think can be a serious error since one risks being misunderstood.

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The only way to atone for being occasionally overdressed is to be massively overeducated.

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One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.

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I like talking to a brick wall- it's the only thing in the world that never contradicts me!

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I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything.

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I find that forgiving one's enemies is a most curious morbid pleasure; perhaps I should check it.

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The Governor was strong upon The Regulation Act: The Doctor said that Death was but A scientific fact: And twice a day the Chaplain called, And left a little tract.

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Don't tell me that you have exhausted Life. When a man says that, one knows that life has exhausted him.

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I will not bare my soul to their shallow prying eyes. My heart shall never be put under their microscope.

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A kiss may ruin a human life

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The worst vice of the fanatic is his sincerity.

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If a friend of mine gave a feast, and did not invite me to it, I should not mind a bit. But if a friend of mine had a sorrow and refused to allow me to share it, I should feel it most bitterly.

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Two men look out a window. One sees mud, the other sees the stars.

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