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old_lovers_hippie_music's review against another edition
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
3.5
neogaymyback's review against another edition
5.0
Bugün oscar wilde core bir insan olduğumu öğrendim.
mikathereviewer's review against another edition
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
2.0
A lot of nice quotes and philosophical remarks. Most of the things were relatable and understandable, but some others I rather disagreed.
Examples: 'Of course I plagiarize. It is the privilege of the appreciative man.' (Page 35)
- If one really appreciates something they should credit the person who originally did the work and not steal/plagiarise it. There is a reason why plagiarism is against the law.
'An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.' (Page 11)
- It really depends on the idea and the situation. There were already good ideas that weren't dangerous, like inventing clocks. The time itself isn't dangerous, is it?
Author/writer disagrees with himself:
'Pleasure is the only thing one should live for. Nothing ages like happiness.' (Page 16)
Few pages later: 'Pity is the greatest and the most beautiful thing that there is in the world.' (Page 19) and 'To live in happiness, you must know some unhappiness in life.' (Page 32). These disagreements are confusing when one reads this book. Also, I rather disagree with the first 2 statements as both pity and happiness is important, not only one.
Otherwise than that the only other thing I disliked was the repetition of many topics and I don't mean when Wilde chooses a topic and writes about it for more than one paragraph I literally mean repeating the same thing, just wording it differently (or not at all) and putting it away from eachother so that most people wouldn't notice when they read this book.
Example: Page 22, 'Conversation is one of the loveliest of the arts.' Page 3, '[...] conversation is one of the loveliest of the arts.'
Except for some nice quotes and a few things I agreed the book wasn't that much worth it I wished it would be as many things just repeated itself and some statements weren't right for me.
Examples: 'Of course I plagiarize. It is the privilege of the appreciative man.' (Page 35)
- If one really appreciates something they should credit the person who originally did the work and not steal/plagiarise it. There is a reason why plagiarism is against the law.
'An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.' (Page 11)
- It really depends on the idea and the situation. There were already good ideas that weren't dangerous, like inventing clocks. The time itself isn't dangerous, is it?
Author/writer disagrees with himself:
'Pleasure is the only thing one should live for. Nothing ages like happiness.' (Page 16)
Few pages later: 'Pity is the greatest and the most beautiful thing that there is in the world.' (Page 19) and 'To live in happiness, you must know some unhappiness in life.' (Page 32). These disagreements are confusing when one reads this book. Also, I rather disagree with the first 2 statements as both pity and happiness is important, not only one.
Otherwise than that the only other thing I disliked was the repetition of many topics and I don't mean when Wilde chooses a topic and writes about it for more than one paragraph I literally mean repeating the same thing, just wording it differently (or not at all) and putting it away from eachother so that most people wouldn't notice when they read this book.
Example: Page 22, 'Conversation is one of the loveliest of the arts.' Page 3, '[...] conversation is one of the loveliest of the arts.'
Except for some nice quotes and a few things I agreed the book wasn't that much worth it I wished it would be as many things just repeated itself and some statements weren't right for me.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Misogyny and Sexism