“ action . . . is the last resource of those who know not how to dream. ”
Oscar Wilde, Intentions (1891). copy citation
| Author | Oscar Wilde |
|---|---|
| Source | Intentions |
| Topic | imagination dreams action |
| Date | 1891 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/887/887-h/887-h.htm |
Context
“It is a blind thing dependent on external influences, and moved by an impulse of whose nature it is unconscious. It is a thing incomplete in its essence, because limited by accident, and ignorant of its direction, being always at variance with its aim. Its basis is the lack of imagination. It is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.
Ernest. Gilbert, you treat the world as if it were a crystal ball. You hold it in your hand, and reverse it to please a wilful fancy. You do nothing but re-write history.
Gilbert. The one duty we owe to history is to re-write it.” source
Ernest. Gilbert, you treat the world as if it were a crystal ball. You hold it in your hand, and reverse it to please a wilful fancy. You do nothing but re-write history.
Gilbert. The one duty we owe to history is to re-write it.” source
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