Oscar Wilde Quotes - The Critic As Artist

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.

As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.


When people agree with me I always feel that I must be wrong.

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.

But what is the difference between literature and journalism?
...Journalism is unreadable and literature is not read. That is all.


The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read.


It is only an auctioneer who can equally and impartially admire all schools of art


The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.


Yes: I am a dreamer. For a dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.


Cheap editions of great books may be delightful, but cheap editions of great men are absolutely detestable.

Every great man nowadays has his disciples, and it is usually Judas who writes the biography.


It is because Humanity has never known where it was going that it has been able to find its way.