Oscar Wilde
"Everything is going to be fine in the end. If it's not fine it's not the end."
477 Quotes
"Journalism justifies its own existence by the great Darwinian principle of the survival of the vulgarist."
Oscar Wilde
"There is much to be said in favor of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch of the ignorance of the community. By carefully chronicling the current events of contemporary life, it shows us of what very little importance such events really are. By invariably discussing the unnecessary, it makes us understand what things are requisite for culture, and what are not."
Oscar Wilde
"By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, journalism keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community."
Oscar Wilde
"One must have a heart of stone to read the death of little Nell without laughing."
Oscar Wilde
"Wherever there is a man who exercises authority, there is a man who resists authority."
Oscar Wilde
"The 19thc hatred of Realism is Caliban's enraged reaction to seeing his own face in the mirror. The 19thc rejection of Romanticism is Caliban's fury at not seeing his face reflected in the mirror."
Oscar Wilde
"it is a marvel that those red-roseleaf lips of yours should be made no less for the madness of music and song than for the madness of kissing."
Oscar Wilde
"Be warned in time, James, and remain, as I do, incomprehensible: to be great is to be misunderstood"
Oscar Wilde
"After the first glass, you see things as you wish they were. After the second, you see things as they are not. Finally, you see things as they really are, and that is the most horrible thing in the world."
Oscar Wilde
"Alcohol, taken in sufficient quantities, may produce all the effects of drunkenness."
Oscar Wilde
"Bosie has insisted on stopping here for sandwiches. He is quite like a narcissus -- so white and gold. I will come either Wednesday or Thursday night to your rooms. Send me a line. Bosie is so tired: he lies like a hyacinth on the sofa, and I worship him. (letter from Oscar Wilde, 1892 - quoted from Love in a dark time by Colm Toibin)"
Oscar Wilde
"“The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves. The basis of optimism is sheer terror.”"
Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray
"“You like every one; that is to say, you are indifferent to every one.”"
Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray
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