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Quotes from Vera; or, The Nihilists — Oscar Wilde

1854–1900

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12 quotes

Reforms in Russia are very tragic, but they always end in a farce.

Vera; or, The Nihilists (1880)

Fool, nothing is impossible in Russia but reform.

Vera; or, The Nihilists (1880)

When a man has no enemy left there must be something mean about him.

Vera; or, The Nihilists (1880)

Life is much too important a thing ever to talk seriously about it.

Vera; or, The Nihilists (1880)

Indifference is the revenge the world takes on mediocrities.

Vera; or, The Nihilists (1880)

There is always more brass than brains in an aristocracy.

Vera; or, The Nihilists (1880)

Experience, the name men give to their mistakes.

Vera; or, The Nihilists (1880)

Good kings are the enemies of democracy.

Vera; or, The Nihilists (1880)

There are few things easier than to live badly and to die well.

Vera; or, The Nihilists (1880)

To make a good salad is to be a brilliant diplomatist – the problem is so entirely the same in both cases. To know exactly how much oil one must put with one's vinegar.

Vera; or, The Nihilists (1880)

Heaven is a despotism. I shall be at home there.

Vera; or, The Nihilists (1880)

I cannot understand your nature. If my nature had been made to suit your comprehension rather than my own requirements, I am afraid I would have made a very poor figure in the world.

Vera; or, The Nihilists (1880)

Attribution

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