Оскар Уайльд: Цитаты на английском языке

Вариант: For one moment our lives met our souls touched.

The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1891)

Источник: De Profundis

Источник: The Happy Prince and Other Tales

Источник: The Picture of Dorian Gray

Lord Goring, Act II
Источник: An Ideal Husband (1895)

The Critic as Artist (1891), Part I
Контексте: There is much to be said in favor of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community. By carefully chronicling the current events of contemporary life, it shows us of what very little importance such events really are. By invariably discussing the unnecessary, it makes us understand what things are requisite for culture, and what are not.
Контексте: Puritans cannot destroy a beautiful thing, yet, by means of their extraordinary prurience, they can almost taint beauty for a moment. It is chiefly, I regret to say, through journalism that such people find expression. I regret it because there is much to be said in favour of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.
Контексте: It is chiefly, I regret to say, through journalism that such people find expression. I regret it because there is much to be said in favour of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community. By carefully chronicling the current events of contemporary life, it shows us of what very little importance such events really are. By invariably discussing the unnecessary, it makes us understand what things are requisite for culture, and what are not.

Intentions (1891)

Источник: A Woman of No Importance

Algernon, Act I.
Вариант: All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That’s his.
Источник: The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)

Источник: The Picture of Dorian Gray

Источник: The Nightingale and the Rose

Sir Robert Chiltern, Act II
Источник: An Ideal Husband (1895)

Источник: The Canterville Ghost http://www.oscarwildecollection.com/savile/canterville.c1.html (1887). For history and analysis of the quote see Common Language http://oscarwildeinamerica.org/quotations/common-language.html.