Ich brauchte ein kleines Geschenk und habe daher dieses Buch für eine befreundete Person annotiert. Gab fragwürdige Stellen, aber auch sehr viele tolle Zitate. Hier ein paar meiner Lieblinge: "... the stage is not merely the meeting-place of all the arts, but is also the return of art to life." "I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying." "For what is Truth? [...] In matters of art, it is one's last mood." "There are two ways of disliking art... One is to dislike it. The other, to like it rationally." "What the artist is always looking for is the mode of existence in which soul and body are one and indivisible: in which the outward is expressive of the inward: in which form reveals." "Most peolle are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation." "I love acting. It is so much more real than real life." "I love superstitions. They are the colour element of thought and imagination. They are the opponents of common sense." "I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take towards life. We are not sent into the world to air our moral prejudices." "I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train." "In nature there is, for me at any rate, healing power." "We all look at Nature too much, and live with her too little." "I never write plays for anyone. I write plays to amuse myself. After, if people want to act in them, I sometimes allow them to do so." <3

📚📖 Kitap / Book: Only Dull People Are Brilliant at Breakfast / Nur Langweilige Menschen sind beim Frühstück brillant / Sıkıcı İnsanlar Kahvaltıda Zekidir – Oscar Wilde 🔮 Tür / Genre: Deneme, aforizma, edebiyat eleştirisi / Essay, aphorisms, literary criticism 📅 Dönem / Period: Geç Viktorya Dönemi – Birleşik Krallık – 1890’lar Late Victorian Era – United Kingdom – 1890s 🇹🇷 Only Dull People Are Brilliant at Breakfast, Oscar Wilde’ın zekâsını, ironisini ve keskin toplumsal gözlemlerini yansıtan deneme ve aforizmalarından oluşur. Sanat, ahlak, birey, toplum ve estetik üzerine düşünceler; Wilde’ın karakteristik mizahı ve paradoksal üslubuyla aktarılır. Metinler, yüzeyde hafif ve esprili görünürken, derininde dönemin değer yargılarını sorgulayan güçlü eleştiriler taşır. 🇬🇧 Only Dull People Are Brilliant at Breakfast is a collection of Oscar Wilde’s essays and aphorisms that showcase his wit, irony, and sharp social commentary. Through reflections on art, morality, individuality, and society, Wilde blends elegance with provocation. Behind the playful tone lies a profound critique of Victorian norms and conventions. #OscarWilde #OnlyDullPeopleAreBrilliantAtBreakfast #VictorianLiterature #Essays #Aphorisms #PenguinClassics

Obwohl das Buch teilweise auch interessante Zitate enthält, würde ich es grundsätzlich nicht weiterempfehlen. Es besteht aus einer Sammlung mehrerer Zitate (die nicht alle von Wilde selbst sind, sondern von ihm ausgesucht wurden), die ohne Kontext gegeben werden. Wenn man eher der Typ ist, der eine Storyline braucht, um Spaß beim Lesen zu haben, sollte man dieses Buch eher nicht lesen. Es ist eher etwas für diejenigen, die Denkanstöße brauchen, die nicht ausformuliert werden. Insgesamt ist es ein Easy Read, wenn man das so sagen will, je nach dem, wie bereit man ist, sich mit den einzelnen Zitaten auseinanderzusetzen. Persönlich fand ich die Zitate teilweise nicht ganz vertretbar und etwas widersprüchlich (insbesondere wie Geschlechter dargestellt werden).