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5 days ago · Oscar Wilde > Quotes > Quotable Quote. (?) “You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit.”. ― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray. tags: sin.
5 days ago · Oscar Wilde > Quotes > Quotable Quote. (?) “All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does, and that is his.”. ― Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest. tags: women-mothers.
May 2, 2024 · Oscar Wilde > Quotes > Quotable Quote. (?) “You must have a cigarette. A cigarette is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure. It is exquisite, and it leaves one unsatisfied. What more can one want?”.
1 day ago · Oscar Wilde Bio. Oscar Wilde, born on October 16, 1854, in Dublin, Ireland, was a renowned Irish writer celebrated for his wit, poetry, and plays. He is best known for his novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray" (1891), along with his comedic gems "Lady Windermere's Fan" (1892) and "The Importance of Being Earnest" (1895).
4 days ago · For example, Oscar Wilde was known for his dry wit, which was often characterized by his use of paradox and irony. In one of his most famous quotes, he said, "Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes." This quote is both witty and intelligent, as it uses a paradox to make a point about the nature of experience.
3 days ago · Oscar Wilde: “The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.” Italo Calvino: “A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.” Jorge Luis Borges: “I have always imagined that paradise will be a kind of library.”
2 days ago · Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious. – Oscar Wilde . Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known. – Oscar Wilde . Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. – Pablo Picasso . Art is never finished, only abandoned. – Leonardo da Vinci
