“Love is not fashionable anymore; the poets have killed it.”
― Oscar Wilde, quote from The Complete Fairy Tales
“Because sometimes you have to do something bad to do something good.”
― Oscar Wilde, quote from The Complete Fairy Tales
“I often have long conversations all by myself, and I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying."
"Then you should certainly lecture on Philosophy," said the Dragon-fly”
― Oscar Wilde, quote from The Complete Fairy Tales
“For the future let those who come to play with me have no hearts,' she cried, and she ran out into the garden.”
― Oscar Wilde, quote from The Complete Fairy Tales
“Yet ruled he not long, so great had been his suffering, and so bitter the fire of his testing, for after the space of three years he died. And he who came after him ruled evilly.”
― Oscar Wilde, quote from The Complete Fairy Tales
“Besides, if Hans came here, he might ask me to let him have some flour on credit, and that I could not do. Flour is one thing, and friendship is another, and they should not be confused. Why, the words are spelled differently, and mean quite different things. Everyone can see that.”
― Oscar Wilde, quote from The Complete Fairy Tales
“Injustice has parcelled out the world, nor is there equal division of aught save of sorrow.”
― Oscar Wilde, quote from The Complete Fairy Tales
“- Колко глупаво нещо е любовта! — рече студентът, когато си тръгна. — Тя не е и наполовина така полезна, както логиката, защото нищо не доказва, винаги разправя неща, които няма да станат, и те кара да вярваш в неща, които не са верни. Всъщност тя е съвсем непрактична, а понеже в нашия век да бъдеш практичен значи всичко, аз ще се върна към философията и ще изучавам метафизика.
И той се върна в стаята си, издърпа голяма прашна книга и седна да чете.”
― Oscar Wilde, quote from The Complete Fairy Tales
Oscar Wilde
Born place: in Dublin, Ireland
Born date October 16, 1854
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“Somebody once called the media the merchants of chaos.”
― Michael Connelly, quote from Angels Flight
“Bertie, do you read Tennyson?"
"Not if I can help.”
― P.G. Wodehouse, quote from Right Ho, Jeeves
“I stayed there until the fire died. So it would not have to die alone.”
― Robert Newton Peck, quote from A Day No Pigs Would Die
“Dad always said there were three types of workers. The ones who stood there saying "Is there anything I can do " and did nothing. Most of our city guests were like that. The ones who said "Tell me what you want done and I'll do it" and did. Most of our workers over the years had been like that. And the ones who didn't say anything but were always a jump or two ahead of you. When you were changing a flat tyre and you took the old one off and turned to pick up the new one they'd already have it in their hands and they'd move in and put it on from your left while you were still turning round to the right.
Dad reckoned one of those was worth two or the second type and five of the first type.”
― John Marsden, quote from While I Live
“Demon?” Gwen gasped out. Her back jerked ramrod-straight, and her face leeched of
color. “Did you just say demon?”
Oh, uh…did I say that?” Strider once again glanced around the plane helplessly. “No, no.
I think I said seaman.”
― Gena Showalter, quote from The Darkest Whisper
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