oscarwilde
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In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody.
2:13 AM Oct 23rd
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The only link between Literature and Drama left to us in England at the present moment is the bill of the play.
9:48 AM Oct 12th
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It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.
8:53 AM Sep 21st
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The English are always degrading truths into facts. When a truth becomes a fact it loses all its intellectual value.
4:50 AM Aug 28th
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Public opinion exists only where there are no ideas.
12:24 PM Aug 11th
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Education is an admirable thing. But it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
2:35 PM Jul 29th
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To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance.
4:28 PM Apr 22nd
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... who start life with perfect profiles, and end by adopting some useful profession.
4:04 PM Apr 9th
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...who start life with perfect profiles, and end by adopting some useful profession.
11:52 AM Mar 28th
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There is something tragic about the enormous number of young men there are in England at the present moment...
11:52 AM Mar 28th
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Only the great masters of style ever succeeded in being obscure.
2:24 PM Feb 27th
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The condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection is youth.
4:02 PM Jan 26th
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The old believe everything: the middle-aged suspect everything; the young know everything.
3:29 PM Jan 10th
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...Nero and Narcissus are always with us.
11:50 AM Dec 29th, 2008
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It is only the gods who taste of death. Apollo has passed away, but Hyacinth, whom men say he slew, lives on...
11:50 AM Dec 29th, 2008
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The ages live in history through their anachronisms.
4:09 AM Dec 2nd, 2008
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Industry is the root of all ugliness.
2:16 PM Nov 20th, 2008
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It is only the superficial qualities that last. Man's deeper nature is soon found out.
3:39 PM Oct 22nd, 2008
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One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art.
5:44 AM Oct 4th, 2008
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Greek dress was in its essence inartistic. Nothing should reveal the body but the body.
2:04 AM Sep 23rd, 2008
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- Name Oscar Wilde
- Location Dublin, London, Reading, Paris
- Web http://www.mildly...
- Bio I always like to know everything about my new friends, and nothing about my old ones.
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