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“Punctuality is the thief of time”

Oscar Wilde

Вариант: Punctuality is the thief of time.

“Illusion is the first of all pleasures.”

Oscar Wilde

Voltaire, &quot;L&#x27;illusion est le premier plaisir&quot; from the satirical poem &quot;La Pucelle d’Orléans&quot; [The Maid of Orleans]. For a complete review see the misattributed quotation entry at Oscar Wilde in America http://oscarwildeinamerica.org/quotations/illusion-first-of-all-pleasures.html. <br class="br">Misattributed <br class="br">Вариант: Illusion is the first of all pleasures.

“It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible….”

Oscar Wilde книга Портрет Дориана Грея

Источник: The Picture of Dorian Gray

“I hate people who are not serious about meals. It is so shallow of them.”

Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest

Источник: The Importance of Being Earnest

“A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.”

Oscar Wilde книга The Soul of Man under Socialism

The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1891)

“After the first glass you see things as you wish they were. After the second glass you see things as they are not. Finally, you see things as they really are, and that is the most horrible thing in the world.”

Oscar Wilde

Said about Absinthe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absinthe. Quoted in “Letters to the Sphinx from Oscar Wilde: With Reminiscences of the Author&quot; by Ada Leverson (London: Duckworth, 1930)

“The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves. The basis of optimism is sheer terror.”

Oscar Wilde книга Портрет Дориана Грея

Источник: The Picture of Dorian Gray