the community by means of organisation of machinery will supply the useful thing, and that the beautiful things will be made by the individual.
The Soul of Man Under Socialism: The Socialist Ideal--art, and The Coming Solidarity - Página 17, Oscar Wilde, William Morris, William C. Owen - Humboldt Publishing Company, 1892 - 48 páginas
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De Profundis
The most terrible thing about it is not that it breaks one's heart — hearts are made to be broken — but that it turns one's heart to stone.
De profundis: Lectures and essays ... (Volume 11) - Página 51, Oscar Wilde - G. Wells, 1925
“Eu chorei todos os dias na mesma hora e por todos os tempos.”
I wept every day at the same hour and for the same space of time.
De Profundis - Página 140, Oscar Wilde - Methuen, 1906 - 211 páginas
“Um homem que não tem pensamentos individuais é um homem que não pensa.”
Oscar Wilde
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De Profundis
A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.
De profundis, from the original, unexpurgated German ed., tr. by Henry Zick - página 178, Oscar Wilde, Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, Lady Wilde - A. R. Keller & Company, Incorporated, 1907
Nowadays people seem to look on life as a speculation. It is not a speculation. It is a sacrament. Its ideal is love. Its purification is sacrifice.
Sebastian Melmoth - Página 3, Oscar Wilde - A.L. Humphreys, 1908 - 222 páginas
Sebastian Melmoth
Actors are so fortunate. They can choose whether they will appear in tragedy or in comedy, whether they will suffer or make merry, laugh or shed tears. But in real life it is different. Most men and women are forced to perform parts for which they have no qualifications. Our Guildensterns play Hamlet for us, and our Hamlets have to jest like Prince Hal. The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.
Lord Arthur Sabille's crimes - Página 17, Oscar Wilde - Nottingham Society, 1907
“Só há uma coisa pior que estar na boca do povo; e é ser simplesmente ignorado.”
There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
Oscariana: Epigrams - Página 42, Oscar Wilde - Priv. print., 1895 - 88 páginas
Epigramas
The highest, as the lowest, form of criticism is a mode of autobiography
Sebastian Melmoth: (Oscar Wilde). - Página 129, Oscar Wilde - A.L. Humphreys, 1905 - 222 páginas
Sebastian Melmoth
“Revelar a arte e ocultar o artista, eis a finalidade da arte.”
To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim.
Oscariana: Epigrams - Página 3, Oscar Wilde - Priv. print., 1895 - 88 páginas
Epigramas
The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer
Oscariana: Epigrams - Página 47, Oscar Wilde - Priv. print., 1895 - 88 páginas
Epigramas
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Intentions
the aim of the liar is simply to charm, to delight, to give pleasure. He is the very basis of civilized society
Intentions - Página 24, Oscar Wilde - Heinemann and Balestier, 1891 - 258 páginas
Intentions
We women, as some one says, love with our ears, just as you men love with your eyes, if you ever love at all.
The picture of Dorian Gray - Página 357, Oscar Wilde, Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, Lady Wilde - Keller-Farmer, 1907
O Retrato de Dorian Gray
“É tão fácil converter os outros. É tão difícil converter a nós mesmos.”
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Intentions
it is so easy to convert others. It is so difficult to convert oneself.
Intentions - Página 152, Oscar Wilde - Heinemann and Balestier, 1891 - 258 páginas
Intentions
“Adoro as coisas simples. Elas são o último refúgio de um espírito complexo.”
I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex.
Oscariana: Epigrams - Página 81, Oscar Wilde - Priv. print., 1895 - 88 páginas
Epigramas
“Todos nós estamos na sarjeta, mas alguns sabem ver as estrelas.”
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
Epigrams & aphorisms - Página 37, Oscar Wilde, George Henry Sargent - J. W. Luce, 1905 - 116 páginas
Epigramas
A man who can dominate a London dinner-table can dominate the world. The future belongs to the dandy. It is the exquisites who are going to rule
Oscariana: Epigrams - Página 84, Oscar Wilde - Priv. print., 1895 - 88 páginas
Epigramas
“O mundo foi feito por loucos para que os sábios nele pudessem viver.”
The world has been made by fools that wise - men may live in it.
Epigrams & aphorisms - Página 73, Oscar Wilde, George Henry Sargent - J. W. Luce, 1905 - 116 páginas
Epigramas
“Viver é a coisa mais rara do mundo. Muitas pessoas existem, só isso.”
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist - that is all
The Soul of Man Under Socialism: The Socialist Ideal--art, and The Coming Solidarity - Página 10, Oscar Wilde, William Morris, William C. Owen - Humboldt Publishing Company, 1892 - 48 páginas
The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is young
Epigrams & aphorisms - Página 20, Oscar Wilde, George Henry Sargent - J. W. Luce, 1905 - 116 páginas
Epigramas
“A única maneira de nos livrarmos de uma tentação é cedermos a ela.”
THE only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it.
Oscariana: Epigrams - Página 46, Oscar Wilde - Priv. print., 1895 - 88 páginas
Epigramas
Variante: A melhor maneira de livrar se de uma tentação é ceder-se a ela.
Who, being loved, is poor?
Plays - Página 153, Oscar Wilde - Collin's, 1898 - 351 páginas
To be in love is to surpass one's self.
The picture of Dorian Gray - Página 125, Oscar Wilde, Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, Lady Wilde - 1907
O Retrato de Dorian Gray
“Uma verdade deixa de ser verdadeira quando mais de uma pessoa acredita nela.”
A truth ceases to be true when more than one person believes in it.
Epigrams & aphorisms - Página 66, Oscar Wilde, George Henry Sargent - J. W. Luce, 1905 - 116 páginas
Epigramas
“A vida é uma coisa muito importante para ser discutida a sério.”
life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about it.
Oscariana: Epigrams - Página 71, Oscar Wilde - Priv. print., 1895 - 88 páginas
Epigramas
Variante: A vida é muito importante para ser levada a sério.
“Os grandes acontecimentos do mundo têm lugar no cérebro.”
the great events of the world take place in the brain.
The picture of Dorian Gray - Página 39, Oscar Wilde, Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, Lady Wilde - Keller-Farmer, 1907
O Retrato de Dorian Gray
“Há apenas duas espécies de mulheres: as simples e as pintadas”
There are only two kinds of women, the plain and the colored.
Epigrams & aphorisms - Página 21, Oscar Wilde, George Henry Sargent - J. W. Luce, 1905 - 116 páginas
Epigramas
“O patriotismo é a virtude dos viciosos.”
Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.
Epigrams: An Anthology - Página 134, Oscar Wilde - A. Redman, 1952 - 260 páginas
Epigramas
“Deus, ao criar o homem, superestimou Sua capacidade.”
God in creating man, somewhat overestimated His ability
Epigrams: An Anthology - Página 31, Oscar Wilde - A. Redman, 1952 - 260 páginas
Epigramas
“O progresso é apenas a materialização de utopias.”
Progress is the realization of Utopias
The Soul of Man Under Socialism: The Socialist Ideal--art, and The Coming Solidarity - Página 17, Oscar Wilde, William Morris, William C. Owen - Humboldt Publishing Company, 1892 - 48 páginas
“Sentimental é o homem que vê um valor absurdo em tudo e não sabe o preço exato de nada.”
And a sentimentalist, my dear Darlington, is a man who sees an absurd value in everything and doesn't know the market price of any single thing.
Plays - Página 59, Oscar Wilde - Collin's, 1898 - 351 páginas1898
But to recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is like advising a man who is starving to eat less.
Sebastian Melmoth: (Oscar Wilde). - Página 142, Oscar Wilde - A.L. Humphreys, 1905 - 222 páginas
Sebastian Melmoth
“Não falemos de poemas morais ou imorais; os poemas são bem escritos, ou mal escritos. E só.”
Indeed, one should never talk of a moral or an immoral poem —poems are either well written or badly written, that is all.
Miscellanies - Página 267, Oscar Wilde - Methuen, 1908
