An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.

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The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what fiction means.

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Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone.

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Truth, in the matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived.

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The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.

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The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.

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Gilbert: Society often forgives the criminal; it never forgives the dreamer.

line from The Critic as Artist by Oscar Wilde (1891)
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My wallpaper and i are fighting a duel to death. One or the other has to go.

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Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat.

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It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.

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