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

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Oscar Wilde buch Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray

Variante: If there is anything more annoying in the world than having people talk about you, it is certainly having no one talk about you.
Quelle: 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.”

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Oscar Wilde

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.”

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Oscar Wilde Lady Windermeres Fächer

Variante: Often quoted as: Life is far too important to be taken seriously.
Variante: Often quoted as: Life is too important to be taken seriously.
Variante: Often quoted as: Life is too important to take seriously.
Quelle: 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.”

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Oscar Wilde buch Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray

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

“Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.”

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Oscar Wilde Ein idealer Gatte

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.”

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Oscar Wilde buch Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray

Variante: 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.
Quelle: The Picture of Dorian Gray

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

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Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest

Gwendolen, Act III.
The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)
Variante: 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.”

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Oscar Wilde buch The Happy Prince and Other Tales

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The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888)
Variante: 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.”

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Oscar Wilde buch Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray

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

“The world is changed because you are made of ivory and gold. The curves of your lips rewrite history.”

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Oscar Wilde buch Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray

Quelle: 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.”

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Oscar Wilde buch Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray

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

“A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.”

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Oscar Wilde

Quelle: The Critic as Artist (1891), Part II

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

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Oscar Wilde Lady Windermeres Fächer

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

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

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Oscar Wilde

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