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Letter "O" » Oscar Wilde Quotes
«Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| About:
Discontent,
Progress
| Keywords:
discontent, discontents, first step, nation, progress, step in
«Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| About:
Conversation,
Focus
| Keywords:
concentrate, concentrates, conversation, get in touch, Itself, touch, touch on, touch up
«The truth is rarely pure and never simple.»
«The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| About:
Art,
Meaning,
Understanding
| Keywords:
work of art
«I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| About:
Knowledge,
Talking,
Writing
| Keywords:
about, also known as, anything, Did you know, know, love, nothing, nothings, only, out of nothing, talking, Talk to Her, their talk, The More You Know, thing, this talk
«Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your sonnets.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
All days, Any Day Now, art, been, by the day, days, day in and day out, day in day out, D Day, for music, has-been, has, have, life, music, Music I, On This Day, set, set about, set to music, sonnet, Sonnets, this art
«One can survive everything nowadays, except death, and live down anything, except a good reputation.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| About:
Death,
Reputation,
Survival
| Keywords:
death, except, nowadays, reputation, survive
«I have found that all ugly things are made by those who strive to make something beautiful, and that all beautiful things are made by those who strive to make something useful.»
«Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.»
«Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
all told, as required, courage, Do, really, requires, strength, Tell, tell on, temptation, temptations, terrible, There are, The Telling, The Temptations, think, weakness, yield, yields, yield up
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