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The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays

Book by Oscar Wilde · 8 quotes · Men, Art, World

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The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays Quotes

“No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.”

“If the Socialism is Authoritarian; if there are Governments armed with economic power as they are now with political power; if, in a word, we are to have Industrial Tyrannies, then the last state of man will be worse than the first.”

“Alone, and without any reference to his neighbours, without any interference, the artist can fashion a beautiful thing; and if he does not do it solely for his own pleasure, he is not an artist at all.”

“If you meet at dinner a man who has spent his life in educating himself - a rare type in our time ... you rise from table richer, and conscious that a high ideal has for a moment touched and sanctified your days. But Oh! my dear Ernest, to sit next to a man who has spent his life in trying to educate others! What a dreadful experience that is!”