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Letter "O" » Oscar Wilde Quotes
«Nothing is so dangerous as being too modern; one is apt to grow old-fashioned quite suddenly»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
apt, fashioned, modern, old fashioned, suddenly
«Tread lightly, she is near/ Under the snow,/ Speak gently, she can hear/ The daisies grow.»
«My experience is that as soon as people are old enough to know better, they don't know anything at all.»
«If a man needs an elaborate tombstone in order to remain in the memory of his country, it is clear that his living at all was an act of absolute superfluity.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
elaborate, elaborated, His country, superfluities, superfluity, tombstone, tombstones
«It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner that they hurt us by their crude violence, their absolute incoherence, their absurd want of meaning, their entire lack of style.»
«Now it seems to me that love of some kind is the only possible explanation of the extraordinary amount of suffering that there is in the world.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| About:
Love,
Suffering
| Keywords:
amount, explanation, extraordinary, possible worlds
«Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.»
«Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| About:
Experience,
Mistakes
| Keywords:
The name
«Conscience and cowardice are really the same things. Conscience is the trade-name of the firm. That is all.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| About:
Conscience
| Keywords:
cowardice, firm, The Firm, trade, trade name
«Thinking is the most unhealthy thing in the world, and people die of it just as they die of any other disease. Fortunately, in England at any rate, thought is not catching. Our splendid physique as a people is entirely due to our national stupidity.»
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