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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

In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.
Oscar Wilde - Lady Windermere's Fan


Note 

Note



"In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the
other is getting it. The last is much the worst ; the last is a real tragedy."


Source: Lady Windermere's Fan

Internet Archive - The Works Of Oscar Wilde (en) 



Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Il n'y a que deux tragédies dans la vie : l'une est de ne pas avoir ce que l'on désire ; l'autre est de l'obtenir.
Oscar Wilde - L'Éventail de Lady Windermere

German
Es gibt nur zwei Tragödien im Leben. Die eine besteht darin, dass man nicht bekommt, was man sich wünscht, und die andere darin, dass man es bekommt.
Oscar Wilde - Lady Windermeres Fächer



See also 

See also...



Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama



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Quotes for: tragedy


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Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.
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Show me a hero, and I'll write you a tragedy.
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Hypatia






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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.
Oscar Wilde - The Picture of Dorian Gray / 





To be in love is to surpass one's self.
Oscar Wilde - The Picture of Dorian Gray / 





When man is happy, he is in harmony with himself and his environment.
Oscar Wilde - The soul of man under socialism / 





Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.
Oscar Wilde - Quotation of uncertain origin / 





Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.
Oscar Wilde - The Picture of Dorian Gray / 





Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.
Oscar Wilde / 







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