Oscar Wilde: Citáty anglicky

Oscar Wilde byl dramatik, prozaik a básník. Citáty anglicky.
Oscar Wilde: 1320 citátů19639 lajků

“He is fond of being misunderstood. It gives him a post of vantage.”

Oscar Wilde An Ideal Husband

Zdroj: An Ideal Husband

“Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope.”

Oscar Wilde kniha Obraz Doriana Graye

Zdroj: The Picture of Dorian Gray

“Even you are not rich enough, Sir Robert, to buy back your past. No man is.”

Oscar Wilde An Ideal Husband

Mrs Cheveley, Act I
Usually quoted as: No man is rich enough to buy back his own past.
Zdroj: An Ideal Husband (1895)

“Gossip is charming! History is merely gossip. But scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.”

Oscar Wilde Lady Windermere's Fan

Cecil Graham http://books.google.com/books?id=8SzYgCNz-vwC&amp;q=&amp;quot;Gossip+is+charming+History+is+merely+gossip+But+scandal+is+gossip+made+tedious+by+morality&amp;quot;&amp;pg=PT52#v=onepage, Act III <br class="br">Varianta: Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality. <br class="br">Zdroj: Lady Windermere&#x27;s Fan (1892)

“Time is jealous of you, and wars against your lilies and your roses.”

Oscar Wilde

Zdroj: The Picture of Dorian Gray and Selected Stories

“The emotions of man are stirred more quickly than man’s intelligence.”

Oscar Wilde kniha The Soul of Man under Socialism

Zdroj: The Soul of Man Under Socialism

“Know thyself' was written over the portal of the antique world. Over the portal of the new world, 'Be thyself' shall be written.”

Oscar Wilde kniha The Soul of Man under Socialism

Zdroj: The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1891)

“People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves.”

Oscar Wilde kniha Obraz Doriana Graye

Varianta: People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves. It is what I call the depth of generosity.
Zdroj: The Picture of Dorian Gray

“The sky was pure opal now.”

Oscar Wilde kniha Obraz Doriana Graye

Zdroj: The Picture of Dorian Gray

“I have a business appointment that I am anxious… to miss.”

Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest

Zdroj: The Importance of Being Earnest

“And down the long and silent street,
The dawn, with silver-sandalled feet,
Crept like a frightened girl.”

Oscar Wilde

The Harlot&#x27;s House http://www.poetry-archive.com/w/the_harlots_house.html, st. 12 (1885)