Affectations Quote by Oscar Wilde Download Open image ““The mimicry of passion is the most intolerable of all poses.”” — Oscar Wilde ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Affectations Algernon-charles-swinburne Literary criticism Mimicry Passion Poetry Poseurs Pretension
“Bodily passion, which has been so unjustly decried, compels its victims to display every vestige that is in them of unselfishness and generosity, and… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
“I want to be stunned by passion so intense it knocks me right off my feet, down to my knees, where I know I'll… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
“We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament, and embrace it with passion.” — Cyril Connolly Copy Share Image
“it is essentially not about sensation but about passion, and passion is not of the flesh but of the mind and heart.” — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“Passion is not just about the object of your focus or desires—it is the compelling emotion, fulfillment, and intense enthusiasm that it engenders.” — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
“Passion is a catalyst for action and provides you with the emotional stamina to stick with it, regardless of the obstacles.” — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
“When a person exudes passion, it is evident that they love what they are doing. Their passion projects an aura of confidence and decisiveness.” — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Basil my dear boy puts everything that is charming in him into his work. The consequence is that he has nothing left for life… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“If these elements of beauty are real, the whole thing simply appeals to our sense of dramatic effect. Suddenly we find that we are… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Men always want to be a womans first love. Women have a more subtle instinct: What they like is to be a mans last… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Most affectations conceal something eventually, even though they don't in the beginning. — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“The girls were always running out of money, out of cash, precisely, to pay taxi drivers, train conductors, men who delivered pizzas after dark.… — Renata Adler Copy Share Image
“ Morris Weissman [on the phone, discussing casting for his movie]: "What about Claudette Colbert? She's British, isn't she? She sounds British. Is she,… — Julian Fellowes Copy Share Image
L'homme est ne pour la socie te ; se parez-le, isolez-le, ses ide es se de suniront, son caracte' re se tournera, mille affections… — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
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