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Quotes from A Few Maxims for the Instruction of the Over-Educated — Oscar Wilde

1854–1900

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It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.

A Few Maxims for the Instruction of the Over-Educated (1894)

Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious.

A Few Maxims for the Instruction of the Over-Educated (1894)

The English are always degrading truths into facts. When a truth becomes a fact it loses all its intellectual value.

A Few Maxims for the Instruction of the Over-Educated (1894)

Education is an admirable thing. But it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

A Few Maxims for the Instruction of the Over-Educated (1894)

In 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.

A Few Maxims for the Instruction of the Over-Educated (1894)

Friendship is far more tragic than love. It lasts longer.

A Few Maxims for the Instruction of the Over-Educated (1894)

The only link between Literature and the Drama left to us in England at the present moment is the bill of the play.

A Few Maxims for the Instruction of the Over-Educated (1894)

The only thing that can console one for being poor is extravagance. The only thing that can console one for being rich is economy.

A Few Maxims for the Instruction of the Over-Educated (1894)

Even the disciple has his uses. He stands behind one's throne, and at the moment of one's triumph whispers in one's ear that, after all, one is immortal.

A Few Maxims for the Instruction of the Over-Educated (1894)

To be really mediæval one should have no body. To be really modern one should have no soul. To be really Greek one should have no clothes.

A Few Maxims for the Instruction of the Over-Educated (1894)

Those whom the gods love grow young.

A Few Maxims for the Instruction of the Over-Educated (1894)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Oscar Wilde (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.