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Oscar Wilde is wacky.... (help me undersand this quote)
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Omni
Tue Sep 16 2008, 02:28AM Print
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 Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.
Oscar Wilde


I want to understand this, but it seems so bad to me. Am i insane for thinking that? Seems like a horrible thing to say.
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Zero
Tue Sep 16 2008, 03:10AM
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 When I analyze this, I think even though Failure is psychology positioned last to distance it from the consensus of the entire quote, Failure IS the main point.


Therefor "Ambition is the last refuge" is only in the cases of failure.

It is NOT saying that all ambitious people fail, but failing people use ambition as a last resort, all they know is to keep on trying, keep on trying, a homely, memorized feeling or action.






With many quotes, it depends what subject it was dealing with, or if it came out of other text. This is quite a difficult quote and I'm not even comfortable with my analysis
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NoSkill
Tue Sep 16 2008, 03:19AM
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 Think about it, if you fail alot?

What are you left with?

Answer: ambition

According to this guy anyway.

I think it's saying people who want to be great ARE great and don't aspire to it.

But that's my interpretation.
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kd.
Tue Sep 16 2008, 06:01AM
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 Sorry, but who's in your avatar?
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DarkNarf
Tue Sep 16 2008, 10:27AM
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kd. wrote ...

Sorry, but who's in your avatar?

the lead singer from "three day's grace"
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peacebypeice
Tue Sep 16 2008, 02:51PM
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 i took it as meaning like what skillless said..
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Rusty
Tue Sep 16 2008, 11:07PM
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 I take it as, the safe haven for someone with nothing left is being ambitious.

It makes me think of the play the death of a salesman.
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b4ndito
Wed Sep 17 2008, 02:56AM
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Rusty wrote ...

I take it as, the safe haven for someone with nothing left is being ambitious.

It makes me think of the play the death of a salesman.
DarkNarf wrote ...

kd. wrote ...

Sorry, but who's in your avatar?

the lead singer from a shitty band.
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Zero
Wed Sep 17 2008, 04:43AM
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 Mexican Troll, I've seen it all now


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Wu-banga
Thu Sep 18 2008, 05:38PM
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 Is that a quote from him or one of his plays? Or his novel
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