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99a1963
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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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f40073d
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A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.
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wilde
oscar
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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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humor
wilde
clothing
greeks
soul
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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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violence
personality
freedom
soul-of-a-man
wilde
oscar
prison
soul
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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
writing
humor
wilde
rent
writers
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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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the-picture-of-dorian-gray
wilde
oscar-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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wilde
oscar
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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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violence
personality
freedom
soul-of-a-man
wilde
oscar
prison
soul
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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 |