Oscar Wilde Quotes - Literature

Oscar Wilde Quotes - Literature

The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read.

- Oscar Wilde - The Critic as Artist

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The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.

- Oscar Wilde - The Picture of Dorian Gray



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Oscar Wilde Quotes - Marriage Quotes

Oscar Wilde Quotes - Marriage Quotes

Men marry because they are tired; women because they are curious. Both are disappointed.

- Oscar Wilde - A Woman of No Importance

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Dreamer by Moonlight

A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.
- Oscar Wilde - The Critic as Artist

Great Ideas

All great ideas are dangerous.
- Oscar Wilde - De Profundis

Surface and Symbol

All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril.
- Oscar Wilde - The Picture of Dorian Gray

Art

Art never expresses anything but itself.
- Oscar Wilde - The Decay of Lying

War

As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.
- Oscar Wilde - The Critic as Artist

Oscar Wilde Quotes - Sincerity

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