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Oscar Wilde Quotes
«As one knows the poet by his fine music, so one can recognize the liar by his rich rhythmic utterance, and in neither case will the casual inspiration of the moment suffice. Here, as elsewhere, practice must precede perfection.»
«She is absolutely inadmissible into society. Many a woman has a past, but I am told that she has at least a dozen, and that they all fit.»
«Dullness is the coming of age of seriousness.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
Coming of age, seriousness, The Coming
«America has never quite forgiven Europe for having been discovered somewhat earlier in history than itself.»
«Each time that one loves is the only time one has ever loved. Difference of object does not alter singleness of passion. It merely intensifies it. We can have but one great experience at best, and the secret of life is to reproduce that experience as often as possible. The Picture of Dorian Gray»
«No artist has ethical sympathies. An ethical sympathy in an artist is an unpardonable mannerism of style.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
mannerism, mannerisms, sympathies, unpardonable