Zitate von Oscar Wilde
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Noch immer bleibt auf dem Gebiet der Seelenforschung viel zu tun. Wir haben nur die Öberfläche der Seele berührt, nichts weiter. In einer einzigen Gehirnzelle sind schönere und schrecklichere Dinge bewahrt, als selbst jene sich erträumen ließen.
Informationen über Oscar Wilde
Dramatiker, Erzähler, Lyriker, gilt als führender Vertreter des "lart pour art - Kunst um der Kunst willen", "Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray", "Ein idealer Gatte", "Das Gespenst von Canterville", "Eine Frau ohne Bedeutung" (Irland, 1854 - 1900).
Oscar Wilde · Geburtsdatum · Sterbedatum
Oscar Wilde wäre heute 169 Jahre, 11 Monate, 5 Tage oder 62.067 Tage alt.
Geboren am 16.10.1854 in Dublin
Gestorben am 30.11.1900 in Paris
Sternzeichen: ♎ Waage
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Weitere 1.173 Zitate von Oscar Wilde
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The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.
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The difference between journalism and literature is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read.
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The English country gentleman galloping after a fox-the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable.
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The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what fiction means.
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The Governor was strong upon The Regulations Act: The Doctor said that Death was but A scientific fact: And twice a day the Chaplain called, And left a little tract.
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The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.
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The modern sympathy with invalids is morbid. Illness of any kind is hardly a thing to be encouraged in others.
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The moral life of man forms part of the subject matter of the artist, but the morality of art consists in the perfect use of an imperfect medium.
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The more we study art, the less we care for nature.
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The nineteenth century dislike of Realism is the rage of Caliban seeing his own face in the glass.
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The old believe everything; the middle-aged suspect everything; the young know everything.
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The one duty we owe to history is to rewrite it.
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The only difference between a caprice and a life-long passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.
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The only form of lying that is absolutely beyond reproach is lying for its own sake.
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The only horrible thing in the world is ennui. That is the one sin for which there is no forgiveness.
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The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on; it is never of any use to oneself.
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The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
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The proper school to learn art is not life but art.
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The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.
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The reason we all like to think so well or others is that we are all afraid of ourselves. The basis of optimism is sheer terror.