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Thornton Wilder: I've never forgotten...

Thornton Wilder: I've never forgotten...

I've never forgotten for long at a time that living is struggle. I know that every good and excellent thing in the...

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Oscar Wilde: If there was...

Oscar Wilde: If there was...

If there was less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world.

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Oscar Wilde: To do nothing...

Oscar Wilde: To do nothing...

To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world, the most difficult and the most...

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Oscar Wilde: To get into...

Oscar Wilde: To get into...

To get into the best society nowadays, one has either to feed people, amuse people, or shock...

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Oscar Wilde: One should not...

Oscar Wilde: One should not...

One should not be too severe on English novels; they are the only relaxation of the intellectually...

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Oscar Wilde: For his mourners...

Oscar Wilde: For his mourners...

For his mourners will be outcast men,
And outcasts always mourn.


Source: The...

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Oscar Wilde: There is always...

Oscar Wilde: There is always...

There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to...

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Oscar Wilde: The truth is...

Oscar Wilde: The truth is...

The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern life would be very tedious if it were either, and modern literature...

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Oscar Wilde: The fact is,...

Oscar Wilde: The fact is,...

The fact is, the public make use of the classics of a country as a means of checking the progress of Art. They degrade...

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Oscar Wilde: Art, like Nature,...

Oscar Wilde: Art, like Nature,...

Art, like Nature, has her monsters, things of bestial shape and with hideous voices.

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Oscar Wilde: Charity creates a...

Oscar Wilde: Charity creates a...

Charity creates a multitude of sins.

Source: The Soul of Man Under Socialism,...

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Oscar Wilde: It is because...

Oscar Wilde: It is because...

It is because Humanity has never known where it was going that it has been able to find its...

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Oscar Wilde: It is well...

Oscar Wilde: It is well...

It is well for his peace that the saint goes to his martyrdom. He is spared the sight of the horror of his...

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Oscar Wilde: Nothing is good...

Oscar Wilde: Nothing is good...

Nothing is good in moderation. You cannot know good in anything until you have torn the heart out of it by...

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Oscar Wilde: There is no...

Oscar Wilde: There is no...

There is no such thing as morality or immorality in thought. There is immoral emotion.

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Oscar Wilde: Good taste is...

Oscar Wilde: Good taste is...

Good taste is the excuse I have given for leading such a bad life.

Source: In The...

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Oscar Wilde: Thirty-five is a...

Oscar Wilde: Thirty-five is a...

Thirty-five is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the highest birth who have, of their own free...

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Oscar Wilde: And yet, and...

Oscar Wilde: And yet, and...

And yet, and yet,
These Christs that die upon the barricades,
God knows it I am with them, in some...

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William Shakespeare: I am a...

William Shakespeare: I am a...

I am a feather for each wind that blows.

Source: The Winter's Tale, II. iii....

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Ogden Nash: Dogs display reluctance...

Ogden Nash: Dogs display reluctance...

Dogs display reluctance and wrath
If you try to give them a bath
They bury bones in hideaways
And half the...

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