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

Fashion, Ugliness, Change, Society, Critique

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we

Oscar Wilde’s Quotes On Topics

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More Oscar Wilde Quotes

“When a love comes to an end, weaklings cry, efficient ones instantly find another love, and the wise already have one in reserve.”

Love, Endings, Wisdom, Resilience, Relationships

“The function of the artist is to invent, not to chronicle.”

Art, Invention, Creativity, Philosophy, Observation

“When a woman marries again, it is because she detested her first husband. When a man marries again, it is because he adored his first wife. Women try their luck; men risk theirs.”

Marriage, Relationships, Gender, Perspective, Society

“Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.”

Sarcasm, Humor, Wit, Irony, Critique

“Romantic art deals with the exception and with the individual. Good people, belonging as they do to the normal, and so, commonplace type, are artistically uninteresting.”

Art, Romanticism, Individualism, Observation, Creativity

“Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.”

Democracy, Irony, Society, Politics, Reflection

“Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive us everything, even our gigantic intellects.”

Love, Defects, Irony, Gender, Relationships

“A critic should be taught to criticise a work of art without making any reference to the personality of the author.”

Critique, Art, Objectivity, Philosophy, Education

“We are the zanies of sorrow. We are clowns whose hearts are broken.”

Sorrow, Clowns, Broken Heart, Tragedy, Humanity

“To become a spectator of one’s own life is to escape the suffering of life.”

Spectator, Life, Suffering, Escape, Reflection

“It is only shallow people who require years to get rid of an emotion. A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure. I don’t want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.”

Emotions, Control, Mastery, Reflection, Wisdom

“To give and not expect return, that is what lies at the heart of love.”

Love, Giving, Selflessness, Heart, Expectation

“One does not see anything until one sees its beauty.”

Beauty, Perspective, Appreciation, Awareness, Vision

“The world belongs to the discontented.”

Discontent, Ambition, Reflection, Society, Change

“Believe me, no civilized man ever regrets a pleasure, and no uncivilized man ever knows what a pleasure is.”

Pleasure, Civilization, Irony, Society, Reflection

“I have nothing to declare except my genius.”

Genius, Confidence, Wit, Humor, Self

“The Americans are certainly hero-worshipers, and always take their heroes from the criminal classes.”

Irony, Heroism, Society, Critique, Perspective

“One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.”

Fairness, Strategy, Irony, Society, Life

“This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.”

Suspense, Irony, Anticipation, Life, Experience

“He wanted to be where no one would know who he was. He wanted to escape from himself.”

Identity, Escape, Reflection, Solitude, Self