Down the long and silent street,
The dawn, with silver-sandaled feet,
Crept like a frightened girl.
It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.
Oscar WildeTag: wisdom literature sad information little
A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.
Oscar WildeTag: wit
Pray don't talk to me about the weather, Mr. Worthing. Whenever people talk to me about the weather, I always feel quite certain that they mean something else. And that makes me quite nervous.
Oscar WildeTag: people talk weather nervous
Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat.
Oscar WildeI knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality was so fascinating that, if I allowed it to do so, it would absorb my whole nature, my whole soul, my very art itself.
Oscar WildeI never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take towards life. We are not sent into the world to air our moral prejudices. I never take any notice of what common people say, and I never interfere with what charming people do. If a personality fascinates me, whatever mode of expression that personality selects is absolutely delightful to me.
Oscar WildeNow and then, however, he is horribly thoughtless, and seems to take a real delight in giving me pain. Then I feel, Harry, that I have given away my whole soul to some one who treats it as if it were a flower to put in his coat, a bit of decoration to charm his vanity, an ornament for a summer’s day.
Oscar WildeTag: appreciation undervalued
Lying, the telling of beautiful untrue things, is the proper aim of Art.
Oscar WildeAnd the marvellous rose became crimson, like the rose of the eastern sky. Crimson was the girdle of petals, and crimson as a ruby was the heart
Oscar WildeTag: fairy-tale
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