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«It is grossly selfish to require of one's neighbour that he should think in the same way, and hold the same opinions. Why should he? If he can think, he will probably think differently. If he cannot think, it is monstrous to require thought of any kind.»
«Genius is born, not paid.»
«Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| About:
Morality
| Keywords:
adopt, dislike, morality, personally
«Yes, I am a thorough republican. No other form of government is so favorable to the growth of art.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
favorable, form of government, Republican, thorough
«What people call insincerity is simply a method by which we can multiply our personalities.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| About:
Funny,
Insincerity,
Psychology,
witty
| Keywords:
insincerity, method, multiplied by, multiplies, multiply, multiplying, personalities
«Faithfulness is to the emotional life what consistency is to the life of the intellect - simply a confession of failures»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| About:
Faith
| Keywords:
confession, Confessions, consistency, emotional, faithfulness, The Confession
«It is because Humanity has never known where it was going that it has been able to find its way.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| About:
Change,
Humanity,
Inspiration,
Progress
| Keywords:
able, going, has-been, humanities, humanity, In Humanity, ITS, known, where
«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. To the great poet, there is only one method of music -- his own. To the great painter, there is only one manner of painting -- that which he himself employs. The aesthetic critic, and the aesthetic critic alone, can appreciate all forms and all modes. It is to him that Art makes her appeal.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
aesthetic, appeal, appreciate, artist, art critic, critic, employing, employs, forms, manner, method, modes, our critics, painter, painting, personality, poet, pupil, technique, The Art of Reasoning, The Great, The Technique, the Techniques
«Private information is practically the source of every large modern fortune.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
fortune, information, large, modern, moderns, practically, private, privates, source, The Source
«To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
carelessness, looks, misfortune, parent, parenting, regarded
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