“Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.” Comment of Lord Henry Wotton; Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray (New York: Barnes & Noble Classics, 2003), 78.
September 23, 2010
“Pleasure is the only thing worth having a theory about . . . But I am afraid I cannot claim my theory as my own. It belongs to Nature, not to me. Pleasure is Nature’s test, her sign of approval. When we are happy we are always good, but when we are good we are… [Read more…]
September 23, 2010
“Some on has killed herself for love of you. I wish that I had ever had such an experience. It would have made me in love with love for the rest of my life.” Comment of Lord Henry Wotton; Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray (New York: Barnes & Noble Classics, 2003), 105.
September 23, 2010
“To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable. Youth! There is nothing like it.” Comment of Lord Henry Wotton; Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray (New York: Barnes & Noble Classics, 2003), 221.
September 23, 2010
“It is a sad thing to think of, but there is no doubt that Genius lasts longer than Beauty. That accounts for the fact that we all take such pains to over-educate ourselves. In the wild struggle for existence, we want to have something that endures, and so we fill our minds with rubbish and… [Read more…]
January 16, 2010
“Then gently scan your brother Man, Still gentler sister Woman; Tho’ they may gang a kennin wrang, [go a trifle wrong] To step aside is human: One point must still be greatly dark, The moving Why they do it; And just as lamely can ye mark, How far perhaps they rue it. Who made the… [Read more…]
September 23, 2010
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