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Oscar Wilde (Zitate)


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„Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead religions.“ Quelle: Phrases And Philosophies For The Use Of The Young

"A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal." Quelle: Oscar Wilde: The Critic as Artist

"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." Quelle: Oscar Wilde: The Critic as Artist

"The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it." Quelle: Oscar Wilde: The Picture of Dorian Gray

"Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people." Quelle: Oscar Wilde: The Soul of Man Under Socialism

"Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes." Quelle: Oscar Wilde: Lady Windermere's Fan

"I can resist everything except temptation." Quelle: Oscar Wilde: Lady Windermere's Fan

"The basis of optimism is sheer terror." Quelle: Oscar Wilde: The Picture of Dorian Gray

"Pleasure is Nature’s test, her sign of approval. When man is happy, he is in harmony with himself and his environment." Quelle: Oscar Wilde: The Soul of Man Under Socialism

"Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative." Quelle: Oscar Wilde: Aristotle at Afternoon Tea

"When people agree with me I always feel that I must be wrong." Quelle: Oscar Wilde: The Critic as Artist

"Better the rule of One, whom all obey, Than to let clamorous demagogues betray Our freedom with the kiss of anarchy." Quelle: Oscar Wilde: Libertatis Sacra Fames

"A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at, for it leaves out the one country at which Humanity is always landing." Quelle: Oscar Wilde: The Soul of Man Under Socialism. Siehe auch Utopie ↗

"The fact is, that civilisation requires slaves. The Greeks were quite right there. Unless there are slaves to do the ugly, horrible, uninteresting work, culture and contemplation become almost impossible. Human slavery is wrong, insecure, and demoralizing. On mechanical slavery, on the slavery of the machine, the future of the world depends." Quelle: Oscar Wilde: The Soul of Man Under Socialism

"There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." Quelle: Oscar Wilde: The Picture of Dorian Gray

"The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing. Journalism, conscious of this, and having tradesman-like habits, supplies their demands." Quelle: Oscar Wilde: The Soul of Man Under Socialism

"There is much to be said in favour of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community." Quelle: Oscar Wilde: The Critic as Artist

"The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read." Quelle: Oscar Wilde: The Critic as Artist

"The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can be analysed, women merely adored." Quelle: Oscar Wilde: The Ideal Husband

"All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction." Quelle: Oscar Wilde: The Portrait of Mr. W. H.

"A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world." Quelle: Oscar Wilde: The Critic as Artist

"America has never quite forgiven Europe for having been discovered somewhat earlier in history than itself." Quelle: Oscar Wilde: The Artist as Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde

"It was not intended as a compliment. It was a confession. Now that I have made it, something seems to have gone out of me. Perhaps one should never put one's worship into words." Quelle: Oscar Wilde: The Picture of Dorian Gray

"Talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you, and at the end of your first season you will have the reputation of possessing the most perfect social tact." Quelle: Oscar Wilde: A Woman of No Importance

"Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power." Quelle: Oscar Wilde: attributed, Lying Fully Clothed

"Other people are quite dreadful. The only possible society is oneself." Quelle: Oscar Wilde: An Ideal Husband

"I suppose Society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it is simply a tragedy." Quelle: Oscar Wilde: A Woman of No Importance

"The play was a great success, but the audience was a failure." Quelle: Oscar Wilde: attributed, Encore

"The only way a woman can ever reform a man is by boring him so completely that he loses all possible interest in life." Quelle: Oscar Wilde: The Picture of Dorian Gray

"He has fought a good fight and has had to face every difficulty except popularity." Quelle: Oscar Wilde: Men and Memories

"The tragedy of the poor is that they can afford nothing but self denial. Beautiful sins, like beautiful things, are the privilege of the rich." Quelle: Oscar Wilde: Oscariana

"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." Quelle: Oscar Wilde: Lady Windermere's Fan

"All great ideas are dangerous." Quelle: Oscar Wilde: De Profundis

Ohne Quellen


"Those who see any difference between soul and body have neither"

"It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances."

"The mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible."