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To define is to limit.
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lord-henry-wotton
wilde
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Oscar Wilde |
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A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.
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oscar
wilde
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Oscar Wilde |
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e195460
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To be really mediaeval one should have no body. To be really modern one should have no soul. To be really Greek one should have no clothes.
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clothing
greeks
humor
soul
wilde
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Oscar Wilde |
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b26057a
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The things people say of a man do not alter a man. He is what he is. Public opinion is of no value whatsoever. Even if people employ actual violence, they are not to be violent in turn. That would be to fall to the same low level. After all, even in prison, a man can be quite free. His soul can be free. His personality can be untroubled. He can be at peace. And, above all things, they are not to interfere with other people or judge them in any way. Personality is a very mysterious thing. A man cannot always be estimated by what he does. He may keep the law, and yet be worthless. He may break the law, and yet be fine. He may be bad, without ever doing anything bad. He may commit a sin against society, and yet realize through that sin his true perfection.
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freedom
oscar
personality
prison
soul
soul-of-a-man
violence
wilde
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Oscar Wilde |
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49f2bf8
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...hanging out does not make one an artist. A secondhand wardrobe does not make one an artist. Neither do a hair-trigger temper, melancholic nature, propensity for tears, hating your parents, nor even HIV - I hate to say it - none of these make one an artist. They can help, but just as being gay does not make one witty (you can suck a mile of cock, as my friend Sarah Thyre puts it, it still won't make you Oscar Wilde, believe me), the only thing that makes one an artist is making art. And that requires the precise opposite of hanging out; a deeply lonely and unglamorous task of tolerating oneself long enough to push something out.
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artists
humor
rent
wilde
writers
writing
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David Rakoff |
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fd84440
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Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope.
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oscar-wilde
the-picture-of-dorian-gray
wilde
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Oscar Wilde |
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4ac8d87
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I am the prince of procrastination. It is my besetting sin. I never put off till tomorrow what I can possibly do - the day after
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oscar
wilde
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Gyles Brandreth |
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41f3477
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Man is complete in himself. When they go into the world, the world will disagree with them. That is inevitable. The world hates Individualism. But that is not to trouble them. They are to be calm and self-centred. If a man takes their cloak, they are to give him their coat, just to show that material things are of no importance. If people abuse them, they are not to answer back. What does it signify? The things people say of a man do not alter a man. He is what he is. Public opinion is of no value whatsoever. Even if people employ actual violence, they are not to be violent in turn. That would be to fall to the same low level. After all, even in prison, a man can be quite free. His soul can be free. His personality can be untroubled. He can be at peace. And, above all things, they are not to interfere with other people or judge them in any way. Personality is a very mysterious thing. A man cannot always be estimated by what he does. He may keep the law, and yet be worthless. He may break the law, and yet be fine. He may be bad, without ever doing anything bad. He may commit a sin against society, and yet realise through that sin his true perfection.
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freedom
oscar
personality
prison
soul
soul-of-a-man
violence
wilde
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Oscar Wilde |
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802b8f4
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The first duty in life is to be as artificial as possible. What the second duty is no one has as yet discovered.
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wilde
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Oscar Wilde |