11 Quotes by Oscar Wilde about book


  • Author Oscar Wilde
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    As for being poisoned by a book, there is no such thing as that. Art has no influence upon action. It annihilates the desire to act. It is superbly sterile. The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

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  • Author Oscar Wilde
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    No publisher should ever express an opinion on the value of what he publishes. That is a matter entirely for the literary critic to decide. I can quite understand how any ordinary critic would be strongly prejudiced against a work that was accompanied by a premature and unnecessary panegyric from the publisher. A publisher is simply a useful middle-man. It is not for him to anticipate the verdict of criticism.

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  • Author Oscar Wilde
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    At twilight, nature is not without loveliness, though perhaps its chief use is to illustrate quotations from the poets.

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