Oscar Wilde: Idézetek angolul (oldal 25)

“For he who lives more lives than one
More deaths than one must die.”

“Conscience makes egotists of us all.”

“Bad artists always admire each others work.”

“The final revelation is that Lying, the telling of beautiful untrue things, is the proper aim of Art.”

“I am sick to death of cleverness. Everybody is clever nowadays. You can’t go anywhere without meeting clever people. The thing has become an absolute public nuisance. I wish to goodness we had a few fools left.”

“The proper basis for marriage is a mutual misunderstanding.”

“Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.”

“I hope you hair curls naturally, does it?
Yes, darling, with a little help from others.”

“To get back one's youth one has merely to repeat one's follies.”

“So with curious eyes and sick surmise
We watched him day by day,
And wondered if each one of us
Would end the self-same way,
For none can tell to what red Hell
His sightless soul may stray.”

“Is insincerity such a terrible thing? I think not. It is merely a method by which we can multiply our personalities.”

“Literature always anticipates life. It doesn't copy it but moulds it to it's purpose.”

“From the moment I met you, your personality had the most extraordinary influence over me. I was dominated, soul brain and power.”

“I cannot choose one hundred best books because I have only written five”

“Even before I met you I was far from indifferent to you.”

“I asked the question for the best reason possible, for the only reason, indeed, that excuses anyone for asking any question - simple curiosity.”

“How long could you love a woman who didn't love you, Cecil?
A woman who didn't love me? Oh, all my life!”

“we always misunderstood ourselves, and rarely understood others”

“Lady Bracknell. Good afternoon, dear Algernon, I hope you are behaving very well.

Algernon. I’m feeling very well, Aunt Augusta.

Lady Bracknell. That’s not quite the same thing. In fact the two things rarely go together.”