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Imagination

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Poems and Quotes by Imagination

American Civilization

We have really everything in common with America nowadays – except, of course, language. –Oscar Wilde
Himself, The Canterville Ghost

In Prison Mentality

Vile deeds like poison weeds bloom well in prison air; it is only what is good in man that wastes and withers there.
–Oscar Wilde
The Ballad of Reading Gaol

Shallow Knowledge

Only the shallow know themselves. –Oscar Wilde
Himself, Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young

Cynicism

A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing. –Oscar Wilde
Act III, Lord Darlington, Lady Windermere's Fan

Guts in the Gutter

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. –Oscar Wilde
Act III, Lord Darlington, Lady Windermere's Fan

Scandal

Scandal is a gossip made tedious by morality. –Oscar Wilde
Act III, Cecil Graham, Lady Windermere's Fan

Experienced Mistakes

Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes. –Oscar Wilde
Act III, Dumby, Lady Windermere's Fan

Dividing People

It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious. –Oscar Wilde
Act I, Lord Darlington, Lady Windermere's Fan

Temptation

I can resist anything but temptation. –Oscar Wilde
Act I, Lady Darlington, Lady Windermere's Fan

Crying

Crying is the refuge of plain women, but the ruin of pretty ones. –Oscar Wilde
Act I, Duchess of Berwick, Lady Windermere's Fan

Real Life

One's real life is often the life that one does not lead. –Oscar Wilde
Himself, L'Envoi

Drinking Work

Work is the curse of the drinking classes. –Oscar Wilde

Suffering

Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by the seasons. –Oscar Wilde
Himself, De Profundis

Brilliant Breakfast

Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast. –Oscar Wilde
Act I, Mrs. Chevely, An Ideal Husband

Brilliant Breakfast

Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast. –Oscar Wilde
Act I, Mrs. Chevely, An Ideal Husband

Godly Punishment

When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers. –Oscar Wilde
Act II, Sir Robert Chiltern, An Ideal Husband

The Deception of Life

The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly, terribly deceived. –Oscar Wilde
Act III, Lady Stutfield, A Woman of No Importance

Inferiority

The only thing that sustains one throughout life is the consciousness of the immense inferiority of everybody else, and this is a feeling that I have always cultivated. –Oscar Wilde

Details

One should absorb the color of life, but one should never remember its details. –Oscar Wilde

Details are always vulgar. –Oscar Wilde

(Both from The Picture of Dorian Gray.)

Wintery Wisdom

Wisdom comes with winters. –Oscar Wilde

Posts by Imagination

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Quote American Civilization
Saturday, 2011, April 9 - 4:41pm
by Imagination
Apr 9 2011 - 4:41pm
Quote In Prison Mentality
Saturday, 2011, April 9 - 4:39pm
by Imagination
Apr 9 2011 - 4:39pm
Quote Shallow Knowledge
Saturday, 2011, April 9 - 4:35pm
by Imagination
Apr 9 2011 - 4:35pm
Quote Cynicism
Saturday, 2011, April 9 - 4:34pm
by Imagination
Apr 9 2011 - 4:34pm
Quote Guts in the Gutter
Saturday, 2011, April 9 - 4:32pm
by Imagination
Apr 9 2011 - 4:32pm
Quote Scandal
Saturday, 2011, April 9 - 4:30pm
by Imagination
Apr 9 2011 - 4:30pm
Quote Experienced Mistakes
Saturday, 2011, April 9 - 4:28pm
by Imagination
Apr 9 2011 - 4:28pm
Quote Dividing People
Saturday, 2011, April 9 - 4:26pm
by Imagination
Apr 9 2011 - 4:26pm
Quote Temptation
Saturday, 2011, April 9 - 4:24pm
by Imagination
Apr 9 2011 - 4:24pm
Quote Crying
Saturday, 2011, April 9 - 4:25pm
by Imagination
Apr 9 2011 - 4:22pm