Oscar Wilde: Frasi in inglese
Oscar Wilde era poeta, aforista e scrittore irlandese. Frasi in inglese.“I love talking about nothing, father. It is the only thing I know anything about.”
Oscar Wilde Un marito ideale
Lord Goring, Act I
An Ideal Husband (1895)
“In matters of grave importance, style, not sincerity, is the vital thing.”
Oscar Wilde L'importanza di chiamarsi Ernesto
Origine: The Importance of Being Earnest
Oscar Wilde libro Il ritratto di Dorian Gray
Origine: The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde libro Il ritratto di Dorian Gray
Origine: The Picture of Dorian Gray
“My own business always bores me to death. I prefer other people's.”
Oscar Wilde Il ventaglio di Lady Windermere
Cecil Graham, Act III
Lady Windermere's Fan (1892)
“I never change, except in my affections.”
Oscar Wilde L'importanza di chiamarsi Ernesto
Origine: The Importance of Being Earnest
“Conformity is the last refuge of the unimaginitive”
Oscar Wilde libro Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young
Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young (1894)
Variante: Ambition is the last refuge of the failure
Contesto: Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.
“There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love.”
Oscar Wilde libro Il ritratto di Dorian Gray
Origine: The Picture of Dorian Gray
“Never speak disrespectfully of Society, Algernon. Only people who can’t get into it do that.”
Oscar Wilde L'importanza di chiamarsi Ernesto
Lady Bracknell, Act III
Origine: The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)
“Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us.”
Oscar Wilde L'importanza di chiamarsi Ernesto
Miss Prism, Act II
The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)