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Biography - Oscar Wilde:

Irish playwright, novelist, essayist and poet.
Born: 1854 - Died: 1900
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom
United Kingdom

Pleasure is Nature's test, her sign of approval.


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(French)



French
Le plaisir est le test de la nature, son signe d'approbation.




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Quotes for: nature


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Quotes about nature:


Painters understand nature and love her and teach us to see.





Truly, art is embedded in nature; he who can extract it, has it.





Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.





Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.





Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.





Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure.











Quotes for: pleasure


Quotes

Quotes about pleasure:


Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
Seneca / 





Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure.





If we had no faults we should not take so much pleasure in noting those of others.





There is no sweeter pleasure than to surprise a man by giving him more than he hopes for.





The fruits of labor are the sweetest of all pleasures.





The pleasure from hard effort is the sweetest.











Quotes

Oscar Wilde also said...


Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world's original sin. If the caveman had known how to laugh, History would have been different.





To be in love is to surpass one's self.





When man is happy, he is in harmony with himself and his environment.





Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.





Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.





In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.












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