Oscar Wilde Quotes

[ayascythe]

True friends stab you in the front.

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.

Do not speak ill of society, Algie. Only people who can't get in do that.
("The Importance of Being Earnest")

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.
("The Importance of Being Earnest", Act I)

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.
("The Picture of Dorian Gray")

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes.
("The Picture of Dorian Gray")

Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend's success.
("The Soul of Man under Socialism")

Comments

[maskari66.livejournal.com]

Hi, I always love Oscar Wilde, I have two books written about him that I love to go through every while. The man was really wise. Didn't he say "Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes" Thanks for sharing.
Ramona

[ayascythe.livejournal.com]

I have to admit that I haven't read anything he wrote, but I plan on changing that. I really like his quotes. :)

[beautifuljinx.livejournal.com]

Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend's success.
("The Soul of Man under Socialism")

True friends stab you in the front.

Die Sprüche gefallen mir alle, aber die zwei hier ... sind für mich momentan besonders bemerkenswert.

[ayascythe.livejournal.com]

Ich hab ja nie was von Wilde gelesen, aber seine Zitate gefallen mir schonmal außerordentlich gut. Sind alle so verdammt wahr. <3

[txorakeriak.livejournal.com]

I adore Oscar Wilde. His humour is absolutely fantastic, and he hits the nail on the head with everything he says. I guess I could spend entire days reading nothing but Wilde quotes. :D

And just because I feel the need to say it: Stephen Fry was the perfect actor to play his role in that movie. :)