Oscar Wilde: Frases em inglês

Oscar Wilde era Escritor, poeta e dramaturgo britânico de origem irlandesa. Frases em inglês.
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“because to influence a person is to give one's own soul.”

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Oscar Wilde livro O Retrato de Dorian Gray

Fonte: The Picture of Dorian Gray

“The burden of this world is too great for one man to bear, and the world’s sorrow too heavy for one heart to suffer.”

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Oscar Wilde livro A House of Pomegranates

Fonte: A House of Pomegranates

“Basil Hallward is what I think I am: Lord Henry what the world thinks me: Dorian what I would like to be—in other ages, perhaps.”

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“In old days men had the rack. Now they have the press.”

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Oscar Wilde An Ideal Husband

The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1891)
Fonte: An Ideal Husband

“Behind the perfection of a man's style, must lie the passion of a man's soul.”

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Fonte: Reviews

“She wore far too much rouge last night and not quite enough clothes. That is always a sign of despair in a woman.”

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“To give an accurate description of what has never occurred is not merely the proper occupation of the historian, but the inalienable privilege of any man of parts and culture.”

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“Yes; poor Bunbury is a dreadful invalid.
Well, I must say, Algernon, that I think it is high time that Mr. Bunbury made up his mind whether he was going to live or to die. This shillyshallying with the question is absurd.”

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Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest

Fonte: The Importance of Being Earnest

“LADY BRACKNELL

Algernon is an extremely, I may almost say an ostentatiously, eligible young man. He has nothing, but he looks everything. What more can one desire?”

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Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest

Fonte: The Importance of Being Earnest

“I am afraid that woman appreciate cruelty, downright cruelty, more than anything else. They have wonderfully primitive instincts. We have emancipated them, but they remain slaves looking for their masters, all the same. They love being dominated.”

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Oscar Wilde livro O Retrato de Dorian Gray

Fonte: The Picture of Dorian Gray