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«Ambition is the last refuge of failure.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| About:
Ambition,
Expectation,
Failure
| Keywords:
refuge
«It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
information, nowadays, sad, useless
«If one hears bad music it is one's duty to drown it by one's conversation»
«As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them, of course, but one cannot possibly admire them. They have made private terms with the enemy, and sold their birthright for very bad pottage. They must also be extraordinarily stupid.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
admire, birthright, extraordinarily, pity, possibly, pottage, private, sold, terms, virtuous
«The great things in life are what they seem to be. And for that reason, strange as it may sound to you, often are very difficult to interpret (understand). Great passion are for the great of souls. Great events can only be seen by people who are on a level with them. We think we can have our visions for nothing. We cannot. Even the finest and most self-sacrificing visions have to paid for. Strangely enough, that is what makes them fine.»
«Vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people.»
«In matters of grave importance, style, not sincerity, is the vital thing.»
«People sometimes inquire what form of government is most suitable for an artist to live under. To this question there is only one answer. The form of government that is most suitable to the artist is no government at all.»
«There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating; people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| About:
Knowledge,
People
| Keywords:
absolutely, fascinate, fascinates, fascinating, kinds
«The English public, as a mass, takes no interest in a work of art until it is told that the work in question is immoral.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
English, immoral, interest, in question, Mass, massed, public, public works, the English, The Public Interest, told, work in, work of art
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