Oscar Wilde revived

hakima

Illumination

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17 Oct 14

hakima

Illumination

The Razor's Edge

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17 Oct 14

On the occasion of the 160th anniversary of the birth of Oscar Wilde, I found it fitting to resurrect an old thread even if I had to re-create it...

What a pity that the first was permitted to be buried far too long...

"Illusion is the first of all pleasures."
--OW

Happy Birthday to the Big O...

;-)

lolof

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17 Oct 14

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.

Oscar Wilde

Grampy Bobby

Boston Lad

USA

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17 Oct 14

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Originally posted by hakima
On the occasion of the 160th anniversary of the birth of Oscar Wilde, I found it fitting to resurrect an old thread even if I had to re-create it...

What a pity that the first was permitted to be buried far too long...

"Illusion is the first of all pleasures."
--OW

Happy Birthday to the Big O...

;-)

"I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything. -Oscar Wilde "I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying." -Oscar Wilde "True friends stab you in the front." -Oscar Wilde Thanks, hakima. He's one of my favorite authors too.

Ponderable

chemist

Linkenheim

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17 Oct 14

When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.

...though I appreciate the author I think his cynicsm went too far.

lolof

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17 Oct 14

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Originally posted by Ponderable
When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.

...though I appreciate the author I think his cynicsm went too far.

It was part of his downfall, wasn't it?

moonbus

Über-Nerd (emeritus)

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17 Oct 14

“A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.”
--Oscar Wilde

Kewpie

Felis Australis

Australia

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19 Oct 14

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”

ChessPraxis

Cowboy From Hell

American West

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19 Oct 14

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"One would think this thread was about the Zombie Apocalypse, but alas, 'tis naught." 🙁

Kewpie

Felis Australis

Australia

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19 Oct 14

Originally posted by ChessPraxis
"One would think this thread was about the Zombie Apocalypse, but alas, 'tis naught." 🙁

thank god it isn't about the Zombie Apocalypse!

Ponderable

chemist

Linkenheim

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22 Oct 14

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But beauty, real beauty, ends where an intellectual expression begins. Intellect is in itself a mode of exaggeration, and destroys the harmony of any face.

Shouldn't that be challenging for a chess player?

~~Duchess64~~

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22 Oct 14

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lolof

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22 Oct 14

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He underestimated the power of Society and he believed himself to be invulnerable. The last part of his life was very tragic, as you say. I wrote an essay on The Importance of Being Earnest many years ago, and to do that I had to read a lot about him and some of his work.

“It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.” - Oscar Wilde

rookie54

free tazer tickles..

wildly content...

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26 Oct 14

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the other day i was reading this and went to my favorite quote page to dig some wilde gold...
instead,
i stumbled when i read some pithy statements by this man,

If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?
Scott Adams

Tabitha Marshall

rebel city

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26 Oct 14

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Originally posted by rookie54
the other day i was reading this and went to my favorite quote page to dig some wilde gold...
instead,
i stumbled when i read some pithy statements by this man,

If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?
Scott Adams

Your post is very interesting but I don't think I understand it fully.

Who is stupid? Based on what can one categorize another as stupid. Does it mean mentally retarded or just ignorant?

Ignorance, lack of knowledge, prejudices, etc.. can lead to stupid questions, or no questions at all by simply accepting the status quo.

redbadger

Suzzie says Badger

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26 Oct 14

Originally posted by Tabitha Marshall
Your post is very interesting but I don't think I understand it fully.

Who is stupid? Based on what can one categorize another as stupid. Does it mean mentally retarded or just ignorant?

Ignorance, lack of knowledge, prejudices, etc.. can lead to stupid questions, or no questions at all by simply accepting the status quo.

from the book of right on