Selected quotes · 58
№ 51
“If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society here would be quite civilized.”
Oscar WildeWisdom
№ 52
“The heart was made to be broken.”
Oscar WildeCreativity
№ 53
“You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know.”
Oscar WildeMindset
№ 54
“Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.”
Oscar WildeFreedom
№ 55
“Beauty has as many meanings as man has moods. Beauty is the symbol of symbols. Beauty reveals everything, because it expresses nothing. When it shows us itself, it shows us the whole fiery-coloured world.”
Oscar WildePhilosophy
№ 56
“There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.”
Oscar WildeLife
№ 57
“Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.”
Oscar WildeFailure
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“Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live. It is asking others to live as one wishes to live.”
Oscar WildeLife