Oscar Wilde: Citations en anglais

Oscar Wilde était poète irlandais. Citations en anglais.
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“There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel that no one else has a right to blame us. It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.”

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Oscar Wilde livre Le Portrait de Dorian Gray

Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray

“Punctuality is the thief of time”

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Variante: Punctuality is the thief of time.

“Illusion is the first of all pleasures.”

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Voltaire, &quot;L&#x27;illusion est le premier plaisir&quot; from the satirical poem &quot;La Pucelle d’Orléans&quot; [The Maid of Orleans]. For a complete review see the misattributed quotation entry at Oscar Wilde in America http://oscarwildeinamerica.org/quotations/illusion-first-of-all-pleasures.html. <br class="br">Misattributed <br class="br">Variante: Illusion is the first of all pleasures.

“It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible….”

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Oscar Wilde livre Le Portrait de Dorian Gray

Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray

“Never regret thy fall,
O Icarus of the fearless flight
For the greatest tragedy of them all
Is never to feel the burning light.”

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“When a woman marries again, it is because she detested her first husband. When a man marries again, it is because he adored his first wife. Women try their luck; men risk theirs.”

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Oscar Wilde livre Le Portrait de Dorian Gray

Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray

“I hate people who are not serious about meals. It is so shallow of them.”

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Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest

Source: The Importance of Being Earnest

“In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody.”

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A Few Maxims for the Instruction of the Over-Educated (1894)

“A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.”

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Oscar Wilde livre The Soul of Man under Socialism

The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1891)

“Ah! The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can be analyzed, women… merely adored.”

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Oscar Wilde Un mari idéal

Source: An Ideal Husband

“Misfortunes one can endure--they come from outside, they are accidents. But to suffer for one's own faults--ah!--there is the sting of life.”

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Oscar Wilde L'Éventail de Lady Windermere

Source: Lady Windermere's Fan

“After the first glass you see things as you wish they were. After the second glass 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.”

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Said about Absinthe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absinthe. Quoted in “Letters to the Sphinx from Oscar Wilde: With Reminiscences of the Author&quot; by Ada Leverson (London: Duckworth, 1930)

“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.”

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Oscar Wilde livre Le Portrait de Dorian Gray

Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray