Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde: All women become...

Oscar Wilde: All women become...

All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That is his.

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Oscar Wilde: Thinking is the...

Oscar Wilde: Thinking is the...

Thinking is the most unhealthy thing in the world, and people die of it just as they die of any other...

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Oscar Wilde: Truth is rarely...

Oscar Wilde: Truth is rarely...

Truth is rarely pure, and never simple.

Source: The Importance of Being Earnest,...

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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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Oscar Wilde: Every man of...

Oscar Wilde: Every man of...

Every man of ambition has to fight his century with its own weapons. What this century worships is wealth. The God of...

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Oscar Wilde: CECILY. When I...

Oscar Wilde: CECILY. When I...

CECILY. When I see a spade I call it a spade.
GWENDOLEN. I am glad to say I have never seen a spade. It is obvious...

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Oscar Wilde: It is only...

Oscar Wilde: It is only...

It is only the superficial qualities that last. Man's deeper nature is soon found out.

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Oscar Wilde: In matters of...

Oscar Wilde: In matters of...

In matters of grave importance, style, not sincerity, is the vital thing.

Source:...

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Oscar Wilde: Charity, dear Miss...

Oscar Wilde: Charity, dear Miss...

Charity, dear Miss Prism, charity! None of us are perfect. I myself am peculiarly susceptible to...

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Oscar Wilde: Yet each man...

Oscar Wilde: Yet each man...

Yet each man kills the thing he loves,
By each let this be heard,
Some do it with a bitter look,
Some with a...

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Oscar Wilde: I never travel...

Oscar Wilde: I never travel...

I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the...

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Oscar Wilde: In married life...

Oscar Wilde: In married life...

In married life three is company and two is none.

Source: The Importance of Being...

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Oscar Wilde: I have invented...

Oscar Wilde: I have invented...

I have invented an invaluable permanent invalid called Bunbury, in order that I may be able to go down into the...

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Oscar Wilde: The good ended...

Oscar Wilde: The good ended...

The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what Fiction means.

Source:...

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Oscar Wilde: Meredith is a...

Oscar Wilde: Meredith is a...

Meredith is a prose Browning, and so is Browning.

Source: The Critic as Artist, Pt...

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Oscar Wilde: It is an...

Oscar Wilde: It is an...

It is an odd thing, but every one who disappears is said to be in San Francisco. It must be a delightful city, and...

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Oscar Wilde: I choose my...

Oscar Wilde: I choose my...

I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their good...

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Oscar Wilde: Really, if the...

Oscar Wilde: Really, if the...

Really, if the lower orders don't set us a good example, what on earth is the use of them?

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Oscar Wilde: I hope you...

Oscar Wilde: I hope you...

I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and being really good all the time. That would...

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Oscar Wilde: Ah! Don't say...

Oscar Wilde: Ah! Don't say...

Ah! Don't say you agree with me. When people agree with me I always feel that I must be...

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