There is one thing worse than an absolutely loveless marriage. A marriage in which there is love, but on one side only.

Oscar Wilde

An Ideal Husband

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Unrequited love Dangers of love Marriage

Speaker

Sir Robert Chiltern

Author

Oscar Wilde

Source

An Ideal Husband

Medium

Play

Language

English

Time

1895 1890s 19th century

Occupation

Playwright Writer

From

Ireland Europe

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Original Citation

Wilde, Oscar. An Ideal Husband. 1895, Haymarket Theatre, London, England, UK, act 4.

Current Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "An Ideal Husband." Oscar Wilde: The Major Works, edited by Isobel Murray. Oxford University Press, 2008, act 4.

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The curves of your lips rewrite history.

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The Picture of Dorian Gray

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Author

Oscar Wilde
Source
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Medium
Novel
Language
English
Time
1891 1890s 19th century
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Original Citation

Wilde, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray. London: Ward, Lock and Co., 1891, ch. 20.

Current Citation

Wilde, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray, edited by Robert Mighall. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 20.

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It happens as with the cages: the birds without despair to get in, and those within despair of getting out.

Michel de Montaigne

Essays

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Author

Michel de Montaigne
Source
Upon Some Verses of Virgil Essays
Medium
Essay
Language
French
Time
1580 1580s 16th century
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Original Citation

De Montaigne, Michel. "Sur des Vers de Virgile [Upon Some Verses of Virgil]." Essais [Essays]. Paris: Simon Millanges and Jean Richer, 1580.

Current Citation

De Montaigne, Michel. "On Some Lines of Virgil." The Complete Essays, edited and translated by M. A. Screech. Penguin Classics, 1993.