“One can always be kind to people about whom one cares nothing.”
Oscar Wilde book The Picture of Dorian Gray
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray
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@O_L1RU1, member from March 5, 2023“If Nature had been comfortable, mankind would never have invented architecture”
Oscar Wilde book The Decay of Lying
The Decay of Lying (1889)
Context: If Nature had been comfortable, mankind would never have invented architecture... In a house, we all feel of the proper proportions. Everything is subordinated to us, fashioned for our use and our pleasure.
“I am tired of myself tonight. I should like to be somebody else.”
Oscar Wilde book The Picture of Dorian Gray
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray
“Consistency is the hallmark of the unimaginative.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
"The Relation of Dress to Art," The Pall Mall Gazette http://www.gutenberg.org/files/14062/14062-h/14062-h.htm (February 28, 1885)<br>reprinted in Aristotle at Afternoon Tea:The Rare Oscar Wilde (1991). <br class="br">Variant: Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
“I love acting. It is so much more real than life.”
Oscar Wilde book The Picture of Dorian Gray
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray
“A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her.”
Oscar Wilde book The Picture of Dorian Gray
Variant: A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her.
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray
“He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
“One should always be in love. That's the reason one should never marry.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
Oscar Wilde Lady Windermere's Fan
Mr. Dumby, Act III
Variant: There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.
Source: Lady Windermere's Fan (1892)
“A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
Source: The Critic as Artist (1891), Part II
“It takes great deal of courage to see the world in all its tainted glory, and still to love it.”
Variant: It takes great courage to see the world in all its tainted glory, and still to love it. And even more courage to see it in the one you love
Source: An Ideal Husband
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
Variant: There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.
“Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is by far the best ending for one.”
Oscar Wilde book The Picture of Dorian Gray
Variant: Laughter is not a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is the best ending for one.
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray
“The nicest feeling in the world is to do a good deed anonymously-and have somebody find out.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
Oscar Wilde book The Happy Prince and Other Tales
" The Remarkable Rocket http://www.online-literature.com/wilde/179/". <br class="br">The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888) <br class="br">Variant: Hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing whatever to do.