Irish - Dramatist | October 16, 1854 - November 30, 1900
There should be a law that no ordinary newspaper should be allowed to write about art. The harm they do by their foolish and random writing it would be impossible to overestimate - not to the artist, but to the public, blinding them to all but harming the artist not at all.
Oscar Wilde
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Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.
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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
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A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her.
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A critic should be taught to criticise a work of art without making any reference to the personality of the author.
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Everything popular is wrong.
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In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.
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It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.
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How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive.
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Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.
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America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.
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The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a great deal too much for it.
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