I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality was so fascinating that, if I allowed it to do so, it would absorb my whole nature, my whole soul, my very art itself.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.

He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

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

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

Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground

Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground

The sign of a Philistine age is the cry of immorality against art.

The sign of a Philistine age is the cry of immorality against art.

A true friend stabs you in the front.

A true friend stabs you in the front.

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

If there was less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the...

If there was less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the...

A man cannot reason with the woman he loves: he cares about her too much.

A man cannot reason with the woman he loves: he cares about her too much.

As yet, Bernard Shaw hasn't become prominent enough to have any enemies, but none of...

As yet, Bernard Shaw hasn't become prominent enough to have any enemies, but none of...

Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us.

Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us.

There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating; people who know absolutely...

There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating; people who know absolutely...

The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.

The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry,...

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry,...

If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.

If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is...

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is...

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that...

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that...

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than...

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than...