Oscar Wilde: Frases en inglés

Oscar Wilde era escritor irlandés. Frases en inglés.
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“Some things are more precious because they don't last long.”

Oscar Wilde libro El retrato de Dorian Gray

Fuente: The Picture of Dorian Gray

“There is no sin except stupidity.”

Oscar Wilde

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

“The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.”

Oscar Wilde

Fuente: The Soul of Man Under Socialism, and Selected Critical Prose

“An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.”

Oscar Wilde

The Epigrams of Oscar Wilde, edited by Alvin Redman (1954)

“I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.”

Oscar Wilde Un marido ideal

Lord Goring, Act I
Variante: The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.
Fuente: An Ideal Husband (1895)

“The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what Fiction means.”

Oscar Wilde La importancia de llamarse Ernesto

Miss Prism, Act II
Fuente: The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)

“Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.”

Oscar Wilde libro El retrato de Dorian Gray

Fuente: The Picture of Dorian Gray

“The basis of optimism is sheer terror.”

Oscar Wilde libro El retrato de Dorian Gray

Fuente: The Picture of Dorian Gray

“Only the shallow know themselves.”

Oscar Wilde libro Frases y filosofías para uso de la juventud

Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young (1894)