Oscar Wilde: Frases em inglês
Oscar Wilde era Escritor, poeta e dramaturgo britânico de origem irlandesa. Frases em inglês.“I love talking about nothing, father. It is the only thing I know anything about.”
Oscar Wilde An Ideal Husband
Lord Goring, Act I
An Ideal Husband (1895)
“In matters of grave importance, style, not sincerity, is the vital thing.”
Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest
Fonte: The Importance of Being Earnest
Oscar Wilde livro O Retrato de Dorian Gray
Fonte: The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde livro O Retrato de Dorian Gray
Fonte: The Picture of Dorian Gray
“My own business always bores me to death. I prefer other people's.”
Oscar Wilde Lady Windermere's Fan
Cecil Graham, Act III
Lady Windermere's Fan (1892)
“I never change, except in my affections.”
Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest
Fonte: The Importance of Being Earnest
“Conformity is the last refuge of the unimaginitive”
Oscar Wilde livro Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young
Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young (1894)
Variante: Ambition is the last refuge of the failure
Contexto: Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.
“There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love.”
Oscar Wilde livro O Retrato de Dorian Gray
Fonte: The Picture of Dorian Gray
“Never speak disrespectfully of Society, Algernon. Only people who can’t get into it do that.”
Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest
Lady Bracknell, Act III
Fonte: The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)
“Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us.”
Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest
Miss Prism, Act II
The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)
“I am sick to death of cleverness. Everybody is clever nowadays.”
Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest
Fonte: The Importance of Being Earnest