Oscar Wilde: Citáty anglicky (strana 4)

Oscar Wilde byl dramatik, prozaik a básník. Citáty anglicky.
Oscar Wilde: 1320   citátů 19306   lajků

“There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.”

Oscar Wilde kniha Obraz Doriana Graye

Varianta: If there is anything more annoying in the world than having people talk about you, it is certainly having no one talk about you.
Zdroj: The Picture of Dorian Gray

“Ah! Don't say you agree with me. When people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.”

This also appears in Lady Windermere's Fan (1892), Act II
The Critic as Artist (1891), Part II

“Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about it.”

Oscar Wilde Lady Windermere's Fan

Varianta: Often quoted as: Life is far too important to be taken seriously.
Varianta: Often quoted as: Life is too important to be taken seriously.
Varianta: Often quoted as: Life is too important to take seriously.
Zdroj: Lady Windermere's Fan (1892), Lord Darlington, Act I

“Never marry at all, Dorian. Men marry because they are tired, women, because they are curious: both are disappointed.”

Oscar Wilde kniha Obraz Doriana Graye

Lord Illingworth, Act III.
A Woman of No Importance (1893)
Varianta: Men marry because they are tired; women because they are curious. Both are disappointed.
Zdroj: The Picture of Dorian Gray

“Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.”

Oscar Wilde An Ideal Husband

Mrs Chevely, Act I
An Ideal Husband (1895)

“To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable.”

Oscar Wilde kniha Obraz Doriana Graye

Varianta: I wish you would tell me your secret. To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable.
Zdroj: The Picture of Dorian Gray

“If you are not long, I will wait for you all my life.”

Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest

Gwendolen, Act III.
The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)
Varianta: If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.

“Indeed I have always been of the opinion that hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing to do.”

Oscar Wilde kniha The Happy Prince and Other Tales

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The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888)
Varianta: Hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing whatever to do.

“Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is by far the best ending for one.”

Oscar Wilde kniha Obraz Doriana Graye

Varianta: Laughter is not a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is the best ending for one.
Zdroj: The Picture of Dorian Gray

“There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book.
Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.”

Oscar Wilde kniha Obraz Doriana Graye

Varianta: There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.
Zdroj: The Picture of Dorian Gray

“In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.”

Oscar Wilde Lady Windermere's Fan

Mr. Dumby, Act III
Varianta: There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.
Zdroj: Lady Windermere's Fan (1892)

“The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.”

Zdroj: The Artist as Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde