Ομοφυλόφιλος, διανοούμενος, προκλητικός, φαύλος, ανήθικος, διεστραμμένος, ο άνθρωπος που αντιτέθηκε στις αγκυλωμένες "αξίες" της κοινωνίας με τίμημα την ίδια του την ελευθερία, ο ορισμός του "Celebrity", ο πλέον φωτογραφισμένος άνθρωπος του 19ου αιώνα...Και τι δεν έχει ειπωθεί, για τον σπουδαίο Ιρλανδό συγγραφέα! Ακόμη και το γνωστότερο βιβλίο του - Περί του "Πορτρέτου" ο λόγος - άκουσε τα μύρια όσα... Ο ίδιος ο συγγραφέας μπροστά στους κριτικούς
Opportunities present themselves in life. But decisions should be well thought out because all of us have different skills.
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A man boards an airliner, takes his seat, and is surprised to find a large purple parrot in the seat next to him. The aircraft takes off and a pretty flight attendant walks down [...]
Oscar Wilde (1854 -1900). Irish poet and dramatist whose reputation rests on his comic masterpieces Lady Windermere's Fan(1892) and The Importance of Being Earnest (1895). Among Wilde's other best-known works are his only novel The Picture of Dorian Gray(1891) and his fairy tales especially "The Happy Prince.".
Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is by far the best
Walb Memorial Student UnionPhoto Credit: IPFW Web SiteOctober 15, 1991 - Should have been a regular fall day but it was not. We were all busy that day preparing the Walb Memorial Union Ballroom for the mayoral debate between current Mayor Paul Helmke and his democratic challenger, Charlie Belch.While my friends Janet Ausbury (IPSGA right hand woman) and Mike Wills (IPSGA Senator extraordinaire) were ensuring that the meat of the questions were coming together, I was in my office (Walb 224?) juggling the phone calls of local reporters.The people who served (whether they liked it or not) as my surrogate parents - Marian Adair Zimmerman, Dean of Students and Bill Frederick, Presiding Officer for the IPFW Faculty Senate and the two men who kept the campus on its toes - Steve Hollander (Prof -
“Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover, when it is too late, that the only thing one never regrets are one's mistakes.”
Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) Irish playwright, novelist, and poet
La vida es algo demasiado importante como para ser siempre tomada en serio. Lo menos frecuente del mundo es vivir. La mayoría de la gente apenas si existe.Para la mayoría de nosotros, la verdadera vida es la que no llevamos.El verdadero misterio del mundo es lo que se ve, no lo invisible.La instrucción es algo admirable, pero de vez en cuando nos haría bien recordar que nunca se puede enseñar lo que verdaderamente vale la pena saber.Vivimos en una época de superproducción, con instrucción escasa; una época en que la gente, tan ocupada en producir, ha olvidado ser inteligente.Para conocer el año y la calidad del vino, no hace falta beberse todo el barril.Nada es tan peligroso como ser demasiado actual. Se corre peligro, imprevistamente, de quedar pasado de moda. La moda es siempre un esperpento tal, que nos vemos obligados a cambiarla cada seis meses.Los músicos son terriblemente irracionales. Siempre quieren que uno sea totalmente mudo, en el preciso momento que uno desea se
Oscar Wilde y El retrato de Dorian Gray llegan a Marvel Illustrated con la que es la única novela del autor de gran importancia en el esteticismo y la decadencia, la cual viene a constituir uno de sus manifiestos. Esta no es la primera aparición de Oscar Wilde en los comics ya que varios de sus relatos cortos fueron adaptados por P. Craig Russell en Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde y también en el Cerebus de Dave Sim en varios de los tomos como personaje, además en uno de ellos titulado Melmoth nombre que adoptaría el escritor y provenía de una novela de terror gótico escrita por Maturin tío de su madre, se relata la muerte del literato.El retrato de Dorian Gray fue publicado a fines del siglo XIX, es una novela hoy en día clásica pese a las terribles críticas que suscitó sobre el narcisismo y la depravación que gira entorno al citado antes movimiento artístico. Combina realidad y fantasía y trata de un joven atractivo y de éxito que ha sido pintado en un cuadro magníficamen
“To make a good salad is to be a brilliant diplomatist – the problem is entirely the same in both cases. To know how much oil one must mix with one's vinegar.”
Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) Irish playwright, novelist, and poet
“Thirty-five is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the very highest birth who have, of their own free choice, remained thirty-five for years.”
Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) Irish playwright, novelist, and poet
Recently I was lucky enough to lay my hands upon Oscar Wilde's play 'The Importance of Being Earnest'. I had earlier read this play, I don't know how many years ago. But any way it was a real funny experience. All of us need to have such breaks while reading serious literature.This play was very famous in America also. The play 'The Importance of Being Earnest' is sheer comedy, at moments it is just hilarious. There is a touch of realism too. The conversation that takes place is so natural and spontaneous. It is so close to real life that it could have happened anywhere. The incident - when Gwendolen and Cecily decide to remain quiet when Jack and Algernon come but are first ones to break the silence with their questions put forward the moment the latter two enter - is not only comic but also shows the universal human nature of reacting overenthusiastically, of uncontrollable inquisitiveness.There is a use on irony also to create humour. The word 'earnest' as in the title 'The
Recently I was lucky enough to lay my hands upon Oscar Wilde's play 'The Importance of Being Earnest'. I had earlier read this play, I don't know how many years ago. But any way it was a real funny experience. All of us need to have such breaks while reading serious literature.This play was very famous in America also. The play 'The Importance of Being Earnest' is sheer comedy, at moments it is just hilarious. There is a touch of realism too. The conversation that takes place is so natural and spontaneous. It is so close to real life that it could have happened anywhere. The incident - when Gwendolen and Cecily decide to remain quiet when Jack and Algernon come but are first ones to break the silence with their questions put forward the moment the latter two enter - is not only comic but also shows the universal human nature of reacting overenthusiastically, of uncontrollable inquisitiveness.There is a use on irony also to create humour. The word 'earnest' as in the title 'The
“In the old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody.”
Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) Irish playwright, novelist, and poet
“I don't see anything romantic in proposing. It is very romantic to be in love. But there is nothing romantic about a definite proposal. Why, one may be accepted. One usually is, I believe. Then the excitement is all over. The very essence of romance is uncertainty.”
Oscar Wilde (1854 –...
“Mrs Allonby:
They say, Lady Hunstanton, that when good Americans die they go to Paris.
Lady Hunstanton:
Indeed? And when bad Americans die, where do they go to?
Lord Illingworth:
Oh, they go to America.”
Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) Irish playwright, novelist, and poet
“There is much to be said in favour of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.”Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) Irish playwright, novelist, and poet
“I like hearing myself talk. It is one of my greatest pleasures. I often have long conversations with myself, and I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) Irish playwright, novelist, and poet
“I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their good intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies. I have not one who is a fool. They are all men of some intellectual power, and consequently they all appreciate me.”Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) Irish playwright, novelist, and poet
“Examinations are of no value whatsoever. If a man is a gentleman, he knows quite enough, and if he is not a gentleman, whatever he knows is bad for him.”Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) Irish playwright, novelist, and poet
