Literary Quotes : Oscar Wilde

A few of my favourite quotes of his. As my English teacher said, Wilde wrote merely for the beauty of Literature, never believing it should be about an underlying didactic meaning.

"There are only two tragedies in life; one is not getting what you want, the other is getting it."

"I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train."

" It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about, nowadays, aying things against one behind one's back that are absolutely and entirely true."

"A dreamer is one who can find his way by moonlight and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world."

"A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally. "

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Quote of the week - Evelyn Waugh

Recently in English Literature we have been studying 'A Handful of Dust' by Evelyn Waugh, a novel that depicts lives in the frivolous era of the thirties. When read aloud by my slightly manic teacher, it is hard not to be amused by language ridiculing the futile nature of their society. What I love about his quotes is that he addresses such flippant issues in a serious manner. Below are a few of my favourite quotes from his texts:

"Punctuality is the virtue of the bored."

"Manners are especially the need of the plain. The pretty can get away with anything."

"The truth is that Oxford is simply a very beautiful city in which it is convenient to segregate a certain number of the young of the nation while they are growing up."