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Oscar Wilde
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"Oscar Wilde" Quotes

"Richard Ellmann's 'Oscar Wilde' is a comprehensive biography that explores the life, works, and enduring influence of the celebrated Irish playwright and poet."

Quotes

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

Richard Ellmann

humorintelligence

Experience is merely the name men give to their mistakes.

Richard Ellmann

experiencemistakeslearning

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Richard Ellmann

consistencyimagination

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.

Richard Ellmann

fashioncriticism

I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.

Richard Ellmann

traveldiary

I can't stand people who do not take food seriously.

Richard Ellmann

foodhumor

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

Richard Ellmann

tastesatisfaction

The only thing that one really knows about human nature is that it changes.

Richard Ellmann

human naturechange

I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. This is the interrelated structure of reality.

Richard Ellmann

interconnectednessreality

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.

Richard Ellmann

loveheart