While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the actor to give realism to romance.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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I can believe anything as long as it is incredible

I can believe anything as long as it is incredible

Don't give a woman advice: one should never give a woman anything she can't wear...

Don't give a woman advice: one should never give a woman anything she can't wear...

Few parents nowadays pay any regard to what their children say to them. The old...

Few parents nowadays pay any regard to what their children say to them. The old...

A misanthrope I can understand - a womanthrope never

A misanthrope I can understand - a womanthrope never

I have met a lot of hardboiled eggs in my time, but you're twenty minutes.

I have met a lot of hardboiled eggs in my time, but you're twenty minutes.

As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When...

As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When...

Football is all very well as a game for rough girls, but is hardly suitable...

Football is all very well as a game for rough girls, but is hardly suitable...

I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and often convincing.

I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and often convincing.

It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or...

It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or...

A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask,...

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask,...

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.

A kiss may ruin a human life.

A kiss may ruin a human life.

One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should...

One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should...

Vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people.

Vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people.

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value...

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value...

One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what...

One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what...

Journalism justifies its own existence by the great Darwinian principle of the survival of the...

Journalism justifies its own existence by the great Darwinian principle of the survival of the...

There is much to be said in favour of modern journalism. By giving us the...

There is much to be said in favour of modern journalism. By giving us the...

The journalistic vision sharpens to the point of maximum impact every event, every individual and...

The journalistic vision sharpens to the point of maximum impact every event, every individual and...