“Some things are more precious because they don't last long.”
Oscar Wilde livre Le Portrait de Dorian Gray
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde: Citations en anglais
Oscar Wilde était poète irlandais. Citations en anglais.Oscar Wilde: 890 citations6 J'aime
“There is no sin except stupidity.”
Source: The Critic as Artist (1891), Part II
“The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.”
Source: The Soul of Man Under Socialism, and Selected Critical Prose
“An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.”
The Epigrams of Oscar Wilde, edited by Alvin Redman (1954)
Oscar Wilde Un mari idéal
Lord Goring, Act I
Variante: The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.
Source: An Ideal Husband (1895)
“The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what Fiction means.”
Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest
Miss Prism, Act II
Source: The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)
“Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.”
Oscar Wilde livre Le Portrait de Dorian Gray
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde livre Le Portrait de Dorian Gray
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde livre Le Portrait de Dorian Gray
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray
“The basis of optimism is sheer terror.”
Oscar Wilde livre Le Portrait de Dorian Gray
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray
“Only the shallow know themselves.”
Oscar Wilde livre Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young
Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young (1894)