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Placerea este testul naturii, semnul ei aprobator.

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Oscar Wilde
Age: 46 †
Born: 1854
Born: October 16
Died: 1900
Died: November 30
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Dublin city
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Women are a decorative sex. They never have anything to say, but they say it charmingly
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Surely Love is a wonderful thing. It is more precious than emeralds, and dearer than fine opals. Pearls and pomegranates cannot buy it, nor is it set forth in the marketplace. It may not be purchased of the merchants, for can it be weighed out in the balance for gold.
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Self-denial is the shining sore on the leprous body of Christianity.
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The 19thc hatred of Realism is Caliban's enraged reaction to seeing his own face in the mirror. The 19thc rejection of Romanticism is Caliban's fury at not seeing his face reflected in the mirror.
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It's the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.
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To define is to limit.
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The secret of life is in art.
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The Governor was strong upon The Regulation Act: The Doctor said that Death was but A scientific fact: And twice a day the Chaplain called, And left a little tract.
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Alone, and without any reference to his neighbours, without any interference, the artist can fashion a beautiful thing and if he does not do it solely for his own pleasure, he is not an artist at all.
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Great passions are for the great of soul, and great events can be seen only by those who are on a level with them
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If only the picture could grow old, and I stay young. For that...for that, I would give my SOUL for that.
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sorrow...is a wound that bleeds when any hand but that of love touches it
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An acquaintance that begins with a compliment is sure to develop into a real friendship.
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The chin a little higher, dear. Style largely depends on the way the chin is worn. They are worn very high, just at present.
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Civilization is not by means an easy thing to attain to. There are only two ways by which man can reach it. One is by being cultured, the other by being corrupt.
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Genius lasts longer than Beauty. That accounts for the fact that we all take such pains to over-educate ourselves.
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Palermo was lovely. The most beautifully situated town in the world - it dreams away its life in the Conca d'Oro, the exquisite valley that lies between two seas. The lemon groves and the orange gardens were entirely perfect.
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Some cause happiness wherever they go others, whenever they go.
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Varnishing is the only artistic process with which Royal Academicians are thoroughly familiar.
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