Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Oscar Wilde, The Decay of Lying Quotes: If something cannot be done to check, or at least to modify, our monstrous worship of facts, art will become sterile and beauty will pass away from the land.
         

If something cannot be done to check, or at least to modify, our monstrous worship of facts, art will become sterile and beauty will pass away from the land.


Oscar Wilde, The Decay of Lying
Check all other quotes by Oscar Wilde, The Decay of Lying

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





If something cannot be done to check, or at least to modify, our monstrous worship of facts, art will become sterile and beauty will pass away from the land.
         



Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Oscar Wilde, The Decay of Lying Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Fri. 19 Apr. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/If-something-cannot-be-done-to-check-66308>.




Check out



Other quotes you may like



There is something akin to freedom in having a lover who has no control over you, except that which he gains by kindness and attachment

There is something akin to freedom in having a lover who has no control over you, except that which he gains by kindness and attachment



When a friend leaves you, you move on. When a best friend leaves you, part of you is gone

When a friend leaves you, you move on. When a best friend leaves you, part of you is gone



If thou wouldst marry wisely marry thine equal.

If thou wouldst marry wisely marry thine equal.



There is no ethics in general. There are only-eventually-ethics of processes by which we treat the possibilities of a situation.

There is no ethics in general. There are only-eventually-ethics of processes by which we treat the possibilities of a situation.



Among politicians and businessmen, *Pragmatism* is the current term for 'To hell with our children.'

Among politicians and businessmen, *Pragmatism* is the current term for 'To hell with our children.'



Abstract painting is abstract. It confronts you.

Abstract painting is abstract. It confronts you.



I don't want to tell you how to be a prince, but shouldn't you have some bodyguards or something?" "Bodyguards? Who would want to harm a charming guy like me?

I don't want to tell you how to be a prince, but shouldn't you have some bodyguards or something?" "Bodyguards? Who would want to harm a charming guy like me?



When gossip gets old it becomes a myth.

When gossip gets old it becomes a myth.



You can't tell what a man is like or what he is thinking when you are looking at him. You must get around behind him and see what he has been looking at.

You can't tell what a man is like or what he is thinking when you are looking at him. You must get around behind him and see what he has been looking at.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "If something cannot be done to check, or at least to modify, our monstrous worship of facts, art will become sterile and beauty will pass away from the land.". Author of this quote is Oscar Wilde, The Decay of Lying. .