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All art is immoral.

— Oscar Wilde

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  1. Art finds her own perfection within, and not outside of herself. She is not to be judged by any external standard of resemblance. She is a …
  2. He is really not so ugly after all, provided, of course, that one shuts one's eyes, and does not look at him.
  3. Hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing whatever to do.
  4. le mystere de l'amour est plus grand que le mystere de la mort.
  5. We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language.
  6. The mystery of love is greater than the mystery of death.
  7. And, after all, what is a fashion? From the artistic point of view, it is usually a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter i…
  8. On [George Bernard Shaw] An excellent man: he has no enemies, and none of his friends like him.

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  • philosophy
  • culture
  • ethics
  • art
  • morality

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