Oscar Wilde · The Picture of Dorian Gray
Art is always more abstract than we fancy. Form and colour tell us of form and colour--that is all. It often seems to me that art conceals the artist far more completely than it ever reveals himOscar Wilde · The Picture of Dorian Gray
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Well, the way of paradoxes is the way of truth. To test Reality we must see it on the tight rope. When the Verities become acrobats, we can judge them.Oscar Wilde · The Picture of Dorian Gray
Read the saying and check its sourcesI admit that I think that it is better to be beautiful than to be good. But on the other hand, no one is more ready than I am to acknowledge that it is better to be good than to be ugly.Oscar Wilde · The Picture of Dorian Gray
Read the saying and check its sourcesModeration is a fatal thing. Enough is as bad as a meal. More than enough is as good as a feast.Oscar Wilde · The Picture of Dorian Gray
Read the saying and check its sourcesThere is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.Oscar Wilde · The Picture of Dorian Gray
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