Oscar Wilde

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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Oscar Wilde: There are only...

Oscar Wilde: There are only...

There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating -- people who know absolutely everything, and people who...

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Oscar Wilde: It is only...

Oscar Wilde: It is only...

It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances.

Source: The Picture of...

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Oscar Wilde: It is personalities...

Oscar Wilde: It is personalities...

It is personalities not principles that move the age.

Source: The Picture of Dorian...

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Oscar Wilde: No woman should...

Oscar Wilde: No woman should...

No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.

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Oscar Wilde: She is absolutely...

Oscar Wilde: She is absolutely...

She is absolutely inadmissible into society. Many a woman has a past, but I am told that she has at least a dozen, and...

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Oscar Wilde: We become lovers...

Oscar Wilde: We become lovers...

We become lovers when we see Romeo and Juliet, and Hamlet makes us students. The blood of Duncan is upon our hands,...

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Oscar Wilde: I can sympathize...

Oscar Wilde: I can sympathize...

I can sympathize with everything, except suffering.

Source: The Picture of Dorian...

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Oscar Wilde: The value of...

Oscar Wilde: The value of...

The value of an idea has nothing whatsoever to do with the sincerity of the man who expresses...

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Oscar Wilde: This suspense is...

Oscar Wilde: This suspense is...

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

Source: The Importance of Being...

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Oscar Wilde: I like to...

Oscar Wilde: I like to...

I like to do all the talking myself. It saves time, and prevents arguments.

Source:...

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Oscar Wilde: Art is not...

Oscar Wilde: Art is not...

Art is not to be taught in Academies. It is what one looks at, not what one listens to, that makes the artist. The...

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Oscar Wilde: Women represent the...

Oscar Wilde: Women represent the...

Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of mind over...

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Oscar Wilde: All Art is...

Oscar Wilde: All Art is...

All Art is quite useless.

Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray, Preface
-- Oscar...

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Oscar Wilde: It is confession,...

Oscar Wilde: It is confession,...

It is confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.

Source: The Picture of...

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Oscar Wilde: Women are never...

Oscar Wilde: Women are never...

Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the...

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