Oscar Wilde

El nieto de Oscar Wilde, Merlin Holland, cree que el autor irlandés aún crea incomodidad en Inglaterra, donde no se le ha rehabilitado al cien por cien más de un siglo después de ser considerado culpable en un famoso juicio en el que fue acusado de indecencia grave por actos homosexuales. En una entrevista con Efe, Merlin Holland ha explicado que cuando el año 2000 colaboraba en la preparaci

The name of Oscar Wilde needs no introduction. He was a poet, a playwright and the author of many short stories. But all of us are not aware of the fact that he tried his hand at writing a novel too. The only product of his penmanship in the form of a novel was ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’, which was published in 1981, after being published as a story in a monthly magazine (Lippincott's Monthl

The name of Oscar Wilde needs no introduction. He was a poet, a playwright and the author of many short stories. But all of us are not aware of the fact that he tried his hand at writing a novel too. The only product of his penmanship in the form of a novel was ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’, which was published in 1981, after being published as a story in a monthly magazine (Lippincott's Monthl

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FILMING has just started on a new movie adaptation of Oscar Wilde's supernatural classic and only published novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray. The movie, to be called Dorian Gray, is being directed by Oliver Parker, according to trade...

“Life is much too important a thing ever to talk seriously about it.”   – “Vera, of The Nihilists”, Oscar Wilde   For the majority of students it is always interesting to write critical essays. The fact is you cannot be sure where your criticism will bring you. That is why it is better to stick to a certain [...]

Work is the curse of the drinking classes. Oscar Wilde Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854 – 1900) was an Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and author of short stories. Known for his barbed wit, he was one of the most successful playwrights of late Victorian London, and one of the greatest celebrities of his day. As the [...]

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I admit, I didn’t read this book the first time it came across my desk, but I have been forcing myself to go back and read more and more, because I hate how society has lapsed in applauding literary works, and I’m tired of hearing stupid commentary about things that aren’t really that important in [...]

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. Read this story. 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 -

“Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat.” Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) Irish playwright, novelist, and poet

“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

“The only possible form of exercise is to talk, not to walk.” Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) Irish playwright, novelist, and poet

“Intuition: the strange instinct that tells a woman she is right, whether she is or not.” 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

“One can survive everything nowadays, except death, and live down anything except a good reputation.” Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) Irish playwright, novelist, and poet

“The old-fashioned respect for the young is fast dying out.” Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) Irish playwright, novelist, and poet

“Experience was of no ethical value. It was merely the name men gave to their mistakes.” Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) Irish playwright, novelist, and poet

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

“What a pity that in life we only get our lessons when they are of no use to us.” Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) Irish playwright, novelist, and poet

“One should always play fairly – when one has the winning cards.” Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) Irish playwright, novelist, and poet

“Be careful to choose your enemies well. Friends don't much matter. But the choice of enemies is very important.” Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) Irish playwright, novelist, and poet

“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

“Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless who know love's tragedies.” Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) Irish playwright, novelist, and poet

“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

“Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious.” Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) Irish playwright, novelist, and poet

“It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.” - Oscar Wilde Tags: famous quotes, photography, Oscar Wilde

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) Irish playwright, novelist, and poet

“Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life.” 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

“When I ask for a watercress sandwich, I do not mean a loaf with a field in the middle of it.” Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) Irish playwright, novelist, and poet (said to a waiter)

“Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of mind over morals.” Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) Irish playwright, novelist, and poet

“A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her.”Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) Irish playwright, novelist, and poet

“Of course I plagiarize. It is the privilege of the appreciative man.”Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) Irish playwright, novelist, and poet

“All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That’s his.”Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) Irish playwright, novelist, and poet

“Men marry because they are tired; women because they are curious: both are disappointed.”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

“Young men want to be faithful and are not; old men want to be faithless and are not.”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

“How marriage ruins a man! It's as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive.”Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) Irish playwright, novelist, and poet

“Those whom the Gods hate die old.”Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) Irish playwright, novelist, and poet

“Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.”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

“Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.”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

“The old believe everything: the middle-aged suspect everything: the young know everything.”Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) Irish playwright, novelist, and poet

“Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them. Rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.”Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) Irish playwright, novelist, and poet