The past is of no importance. The present is of no importance. It is with the future that we have to deal. For the past is what man should not have been. The present is what man ought not to be. The future is what artists are.


The Writings of Oscar Wilde: His life, with a critical estimate of his writings (ed. 1907)

Oscar Wilde Quotes

The past is of no importance. The present is of no importance. It is with the future that we have to deal. For the past is what man should not have...

The past is of no importance. The present is of no importance. It is with the future that we have to deal. For the past is what man should not have...

The past is of no importance. The present is of no importance. It is with the future that we have to deal. For the past is what man should not have...

The past is of no importance. The present is of no importance. It is with the future that we have to deal. For the past is what man should not have...