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“You told me you had destroyed it."
"I was wrong. It has destroyed me.”
Oscar Wilde book The Picture of Dorian Gray
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray
“It's the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
Source: Miscellaneous Aphorisms; The Soul of Man
“What men call the shadow of the body is not the shadow of the body, but is the body of the soul.”
Oscar Wilde book A House of Pomegranates
Source: A House of Pomegranates
“To disagree with three-fourths of the British public is one of the first requisites of sanity.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
“I've now realized for the first time in my life the vital Importance of Being Earnest.”
Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest
Jack, Act III
Source: The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)
“It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
A Few Maxims for the Instruction of the Over-Educated (1894)
“One must have a heart of stone to read the death of little Nell without laughing.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
“I didn't say I liked it Harry. I said it fascinated me. There is a great difference.”
Oscar Wilde book The Picture of Dorian Gray
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray
“It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take themselves seriously”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
“She knew nothing but she had everything he had lost.”
Oscar Wilde book The Picture of Dorian Gray
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray