When critics disagree, the artist is in accord with himself.
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There are three kinds of despots. There is the despot who tyrannizes over the body. There is the despot who tyrannizes over the soul. There is the despot who tyrannizes over the soul and body alike. The first is called the Prince. The second is called the Pope. The third is called the People.Oscar Wilde
Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.
Oscar Wilde
To make a good salad is to be a brilliant diplomatist -- the problem is entirely the same in both cases. To know exactly how much oil one must put with one's vinegar.
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Personality must be accepted for what it is. You mustn't mind that a poet is a drunk, rather that drunks are not always poets.
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I adore political parties. They are the only place left to us where people don't talk politics.
Oscar Wilde
One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged.
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