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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Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more
Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you
One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged
One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry
Nothing is so aggravating than calmness
Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly
No man is rich enough to buy back his past
No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist
My great mistake, the fault for which I can't forgive myself, is that one day I ceased my obstinate pursuit of my own individuality
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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