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Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
Irish Dramatist
Born: Oct 16, 1854
Died: Nov 30, 1900
Art Good Life Man Nothing World
Related authors: Brendan Behan Brian Friel Charles Macklin George Bernard Shaw George Farquhar Hugh Leonard Lady Gregory
Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes. Oscar Wilde
Women Men Sexes Compliments Never Between Disarmed Always Women Are Difference
The world is divided into two classes, those who believe the incredible, and those who do the improbable. Oscar Wilde
World Believe Incredible Those Classes Divided Improbable Who Two
One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation. Oscar Wilde
Death Good Reputation Down Live Nowadays Everything Good Reputation Except Survive
In judging of a beautiful statue, the aesthetic faculty is absolutely and completely gratified by the splendid curves of those marble lips that are dumb to our complaint, the noble modelling of those limbs that are powerless to help us. Oscar Wilde
Beautiful Complaint Our Those Statue Absolutely Splendid Faculty Noble Powerless Limbs Judging Aesthetic Dumb Lips Modelling Curves Us Help Gratified Marble
There is nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It is a thing no married man knows anything about. Oscar Wilde
Man Woman Marriage World Nothing Married Married Man Married Woman About Like Devotion Knows Anything Thing
The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray. Oscar Wilde
Emotions Astray Lead Advantage Us
The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame. Oscar Wilde
World Own Books Immoral Shame Calls Show
When good Americans die they go to Paris. Oscar Wilde
Good Paris Go American Die
All art is quite useless. Oscar Wilde
Art Quite Useless
There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The poor can think of nothing else. Oscar Wilde
Class Money Rich Nothing Community Think Else About More Only Than Poor Thinks
Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement. Oscar Wilde
Science Sentiment Settlement Never End Begin Romance Should
I find it harder and harder every day to live up to my blue china. Oscar Wilde
Day Every Day Live Every Find Up Blue China Harder
While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the actor to give realism to romance. Oscar Wilde
Dramatist Give Look Romance While Realism Ask Actor
As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular. Oscar Wilde
War Will Long Wicked Looked Vulgar Always Cease Regarded Popular Fascination
I have a dining room done in different shades of white, with white cushions embroidered in yellow silk: the effect is absolutely delightful and the room beautiful. Oscar Wilde
Beautiful White Dining Dining Room Silk Shades Delightful Absolutely Effect Yellow Done Different Room
Let us have no machine-made ornament at all; it is all bad and worthless and ugly. Oscar Wilde
Ugly Worthless Bad Us Let Us Ornament
Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives. Oscar Wilde
Man Stupid Thoroughly Noblest Stupid Thing Does Always Motives Whenever Thing
Charity creates a multitude of sins. Oscar Wilde
Charity Sins Creates Multitude
In designing the scenery and costumes for any of Shakespeare's plays, the first thing the artist has to settle is the best date for the drama. This should be determined by the general spirit of the play more than by any actual historical references which may occur in it. Oscar Wilde
Best First Drama Settle Spirit Determined General Shakespeare More Date Scenery Costumes First Thing Occur References Historical Than Any Artist May The First Thing Which Should Actual Play Thing Designing Plays
I would have a workshop attached to every school, and one hour a day given up to the teaching of simple decorative arts. It would be a golden hour to the children. Oscar Wilde
Day Simple School Every Would Would-Be Given Attached Hour Up Arts Golden Children Decorative Teaching Workshop
Romantic art deals with the exception and with the individual. Good people, belonging as they do to the normal, and so, commonplace type, are artistically uninteresting. Oscar Wilde
Art Good People Good People Type Exception Individual Deals Normal Romantic Commonplace Uninteresting Belonging
'The Lady's World' should be made the recognized organ for the expression of women's opinions on all subjects of literature, art and modern life, and yet it should be a magazine that men could read with pleasure. Oscar Wilde
Life Art Women World Made Men Organ Pleasure Recognized Magazine Could Read Opinions Subjects Modern Lady Modern Life Literature Should Expression
It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes. Oscar Wilde
Hope Memory Live Classes Only Commercial Paying Bills
The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you. Oscar Wilde
Work Art Great You Think Dead Great Work Understand Moment
No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating. Oscar Wilde
Woman Age About Calculating Looks Accurate Quite Should Ever Her
If there was less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world. Oscar Wilde
World Trouble Sympathy Would Would-Be Less
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