Irish - Dramatist | October 16, 1854 - November 30, 1900
Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.
Oscar Wilde
HappinessGoOthersWhereverCause
I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.
BestI AmAlwaysSatisfiedTastes
No man is rich enough to buy back his past.
PastManRichEnoughBackBuy
Technique is really personality. That is the reason why the artist cannot teach it, why the pupil cannot learn it, and why the aesthetic critic can understand it.
PersonalityAestheticLearnArtist
Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Philosophies fall away like sand, creeds follow one another, but what is beautiful is a joy for all seasons, a possession for all eternity.
BeautyBeautifulTimeJoySeasons
If a work of art is rich and vital and complete, those who have artistic instincts will see its beauty, and those to whom ethics appeal more strongly than aesthetics will see its moral lesson. It will fill the cowardly with terror, and the unclean will see in it their own shame.
WorkBeautyArtEthicsRichLesson
The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.
AgeBelieveKnowYoungEverything
There is no sin except stupidity.
StupiditySinExcept
Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.
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It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.
LifeArtMirrorsSpectatorReally
By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, journalism keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.
CommunityIgnoranceGivingOpinions
I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.
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