Oscar Wilde Quotes
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The English country gentleman galloping after a fox - the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable.
By Oscar Wilde
The English country gentleman galloping after a fox -- the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable.
By Oscar Wilde
The fact is, that civilization requires slaves. The Greeks were quite right there. Unless there are slaves to do the ugly, horrible, uninteresting work, culture, and contemplation become almost impossible. Human slavery is wrong, insecure, and demoralizing. On mechanical slavery, on the slavery of the machine, the future of the world depends.
By Oscar Wilde
The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read.
By Oscar Wilde
The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame.
By Oscar Wilde
The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray, and the advantage of science is that it is not emotional.
By Oscar Wilde
The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what each of us is here for.
By Oscar Wilde
Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live. It is asking other people to live as one wishes to live.
By Oscar Wilde
Shallow sorrows and shallow loves live on. The loves and sorrows that are great are destroyed by their own plenitude.
By Oscar Wilde
Philanthropic people lose all sense of Humanity, it is their distinguishing characteristic.
By Oscar Wilde