He to whom the present is the only thing that is present, knows nothing of the age in which he lives.One can survive everything nowadays except death.In a letter to Ada Leverson recorded in her book Letters To The Sphinx From Oscar Wilde and Reminiscences of the Author (1930).Tell me, when you are alone with him Sphinx, does he take off his face and reveal his mask?.As quoted in Oscar Wilde : An Idler's Impression (1917) by Edgar Saltus, p.It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.Written in a letter to Robert Ross from Paris,.People who count their chickens before they are hatched act very wisely because chickens run about so absurdly that it's impossible to count them accurately.Written in a letter from Reading Prison to Lord Alfred Douglas in early 1897.I summed up all systems in a phrase, and all existence in an epigram.Quoted by George Bernard Shaw in a letter to Ellen Terry, 25 September 1896.On George Bernard Shaw An excellent man: he has no enemies, and none of his friends like him.99), quoting 1996 edition of Gide's journal, pp. Conversation with André Gide in Algiers, quoted in letter by Gide to his mother (30 January 1895) popularized by Gide and often subsequently quoted in Gide's later work and in "Gide, André (1869-1951)" at Standing Ovations the conversation was again recalled in Gide's journal of (3 July 1913), quoted in "André Gide's 'Hommage à Oscar Wilde' or 'The Tale of Judas'", Victoria Reid (University of Glasgow, UK), Chapter 5 in, edited by Stefano Evangelista (8 July 2010) part of a Continuum series The Reception of British and Irish Authors in Europe, ISBN 978-1-84706005-1, pp.J'ai mis tout mon génie dans ma vie je n'ai mis que mon talent dans mes œuvres.I put all my genius into my life I put only my talent into my works. To forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one's head, and listen to silence. The mystery of love is greater than the mystery of death.le mystère de l'amour est plus grand que le mystère de la mort."The Birthday of the Infanta", The House of Pomegranates (1892).He is really not so ugly after all, provided, of course, that one shuts one's eyes, and does not look at him.She is not to be judged by any external standard of resemblance. Art finds her own perfection within, and not outside of herself.What Art really reveals to us is Nature's lack of design, her curious crudities, her extraordinary monotony, her absolutely unfinished condition. The more we study Art, the less we care for Nature.All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled.It is always a silly thing to give advice, but to give good advice is absolutely fatal.For history and analysis of the quote see Common Language. We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language.For an analysis see Fashion a Form of Ugliness The Philosophy of Dress, The New-York Tribune, 1885.And, after all, what is a fashion? From the artistic point of view, it is usually a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months."The Poets' Corner III," The Pall Mall Gazette (May 30, 1887).A simile committing suicide is always a depressing spectacle."A New Calendar," The Pall Mall Gazette (February 17, 1887).Most modern calendars mar the sweet simplicity of our lives by reminding us that each day that passes is the anniversary of some perfectly uninteresting event."The Children of the Poets," The Pall Mall Gazette (October 14, 1886).A poet can survive everything but a misprint.reprinted in Aristotle at Afternoon Tea:The Rare Oscar Wilde (1991)."The Relation of Dress to Art," The Pall Mall Gazette (February 28, 1885).Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.Review of Herbert Giles translation of the works of Zhuangzi (Chuang Tsu) in The Speaker (8 February 1890). For Chuang Tsǔ spent his life in preaching the great creed of Inaction, and in pointing out the uselessness of all things. If they really knew who he was, they would tremble.
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