Oscar Wilde
Ireland
16 Oct 1854 // 30 Nov 1900
Playwright / Novelist / Poet
16 Oct 1854 // 30 Nov 1900
Playwright / Novelist / Poet
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An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all
Ambition is the last refuge of the failure
Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds
Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much
All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his
All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling
All art is quite useless
A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament
A true friend stabs you in the front
A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
Essays
Essays