All in all, Only Dull People Are Brilliant at Breakfast is a lovely little collection to introduce people to the brilliant mind of Oscar Wilde. Only Dull People Are Brilliant at Breakfast* Is a lively collection of quotes, witticisms and meaningful thoughts by the wonderful mind of Oscar Wilde.

Many of these quotations will make you stop and think, a bit like a work of a Seneca, but as Oscar was obviously no Stoic, you’ll encounter quotes that will make you laugh and some you may even find preposterous. Wilde's celebrated witticisms on the dangers of sincerity, duplicitous biographers, the stupidity of the English - and his own genius. Wilde's thoughts are often expressed in a witty and/or provoking manner, and you have to pause to consider the actual meaning behind the amusing phrase. Part of Penguin’s Little Black Classics series to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946, this one was a cute gift from Queen Mary University of London waaaay back when I was applying for my undergrad. Images Donate icon An illustration of a heart shape Donate Ellipses icon An illustration of text ellipses.Initially, I thought this was going to be a piece of short prose by Wilde and was surprised I couldn't find it in any collections of his works.

If you decide to read this, I bet there will he moments you’ll stop and think or shake your head, or laugh – it will certainly make you pause. One can live for years sometimes without living at all, and then all life comes crowding into one single hour.If we wish to understand a nation by means of its art, let us look at its architecture or its music. We build and maintain all our own systems, but we don’t charge for access, sell user information, or run ads. Web icon An illustration of a computer application window Wayback Machine Texts icon An illustration of an open book.