Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde: A map of...

Oscar Wilde: A map of...

A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at, for it leaves out the one country at...

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Oscar Wilde: Pleasure is the...

Oscar Wilde: Pleasure is the...

Pleasure is the only thing to live for. Nothing ages like happiness.

Source: 'An...

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Oscar Wilde: Like two doomed...

Oscar Wilde: Like two doomed...

Like two doomed ships that pass in storm
We had crossed each other's way:
But we made no sign, we said no...

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Oscar Wilde: And the wild...

Oscar Wilde: And the wild...

And the wild regrets, and the bloody sweats,
None knew so well as I:
For he who lives more lives than...

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Oscar Wilde: As for the...

Oscar Wilde: As for the...

As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them, of course, but one cannot possibly admire...

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Oscar Wilde: Man is made...

Oscar Wilde: Man is made...

Man is made for something better than disturbing dirt.

Source: The Soul of Man...

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Oscar Wilde: One should never...

Oscar Wilde: One should never...

One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age. A woman who would tell one that would tell one...

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Oscar Wilde: Every great man...

Oscar Wilde: Every great man...

Every great man nowadays has his disciples, and it is usually Judas who writes the...

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Oscar Wilde: We have really...

Oscar Wilde: We have really...

We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language.

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Oscar Wilde: In America, the...

Oscar Wilde: In America, the...

In America, the President reigns for four years, and journalism governs for ever and ever.

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Oscar Wilde: People sometimes inquire...

Oscar Wilde: People sometimes inquire...

People sometimes inquire what form of government is most suitable for an artist to live under. To this question there...

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Oscar Wilde: Relations are simply...

Oscar Wilde: Relations are simply...

Relations are simply a tedious pack of people, who haven't got the remotest knowledge of how to live, nor the smallest...

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Oscar Wilde: Mr. Whistler always...

Oscar Wilde: Mr. Whistler always...

Mr. Whistler always spelt art, and we believe still spells it, with a capital I.

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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: Selfishness is not...

Oscar Wilde: Selfishness is not...

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live; it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. And unselfishness...

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Oscar Wilde: Pleasure is Nature's...

Oscar Wilde: Pleasure is Nature's...

Pleasure is Nature's test, her sign of approval. When man is happy, he is in harmony with himself and his...

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Oscar Wilde: Other people are...

Oscar Wilde: Other people are...

Other people are quite dreadful.
The only possible society is oneself.


Source:...

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Oscar Wilde: All art is...

Oscar Wilde: All art is...

All art is quite useless. So is a flower.

Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray,...

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Oscar Wilde: We live in...

Oscar Wilde: We live in...

We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.

Source: The...

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Oscar Wilde: Sympathy with joy...

Oscar Wilde: Sympathy with joy...

Sympathy with joy intensifies the sum of sympathy in the world, sympathy with pain does not really diminish the amount...

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