Oscar Wilde: Cytaty po angielsku (strona 11)

“Irony is wasted on the stupid”

“Punctuality is the thief of time”

“Work is the curse of the drinking classes.”

“One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.”

“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….”

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

“One has a right to judge a man by the effect he has over his friends.”

“I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.”

“Life is not complex. We are complex. Life is simple, and the simple thing is the right thing.”