Wilde

Famous quotes containing the word wilde:

“The fact is, the public make use of the classics of a country as a means of checking the progress of Art. They degrade the classics into authorities. They use them as bludgeons for preventing the free expression of Beauty in new forms.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

“The well-bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

“Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)