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"Our fathers used to like that sort of piece, I believe. The longer I live, Dorian, the more keenly I feel that whatever was good enough for our fathers is not good enough for us. In art, as in politics, _les grandperes ont toujours tort_."
Every line of speech Wilde writes is an isolatable quote in itself. They might be pretentious and stupid if said with sincerity but make for very colourful fictional characters.
— Jan 19, 2022 03:04AM
Every line of speech Wilde writes is an isolatable quote in itself. They might be pretentious and stupid if said with sincerity but make for very colourful fictional characters.
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Sometimes, however, a tragedy that possesses the artistic elements of beauty crosses our lives. If these elements of beauty are real, the whole thing simply appeals to our sense of dramatic effect. Suddenly we find that we are no longer the actors, but the spectators of the play. Or rather we are both. We watch ourselves, and the mere wonder of the spectacle enthralls us."
— Feb 04, 2022 04:15AM
Sometimes, however, a tragedy that possesses the artistic elements of beauty crosses our lives. If these elements of beauty are real, the whole thing simply appeals to our sense of dramatic effect. Suddenly we find that we are no longer the actors, but the spectators of the play. Or rather we are both. We watch ourselves, and the mere wonder of the spectacle enthralls us."
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"It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner that they hurt us by their crude violence, their absolute incoherence, their absurd want of meaning, their entire lack of style. They affect us just as vulgarity affects us. They give us an impression of sheer brute, force, and we revolt against that.
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This is my 'ebook on the phone' read for when I get caught short waiting around without a book. Hence the slow progress, aight
— Jan 25, 2022 08:08AM
