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Oscar Wilde
I am the...
I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.
Source: Lady...
Nothing can cure...
Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the...
Ignorance is like...
Ignorance is like a delicate fruit; touch it, and the bloom is gone.
Source: Lady...
Those who are...
Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless who know love's...
Popularity is the...
Popularity is the crown of laurel which the world puts on bad art. Whatever is popular is...
London is full...
London is full of women who trust their husbands. One can always recognise them. They look so thoroughly...
I can stand...
I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is hitting...
How clever you...
How clever you are, my dear! You never mean a single word you say.
Source: Lady...
The husbands of...
The husbands of very beautiful women belong to the criminal classes.
Source: Lord...
No publisher should...
No publisher should ever express an opinion on the value of what he publishes. That is a matter entirely for the...
It is absurd...
It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.
The advantage of...
The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.
Source: Lord Henry, in...
There is nothing...
There is nothing so difficult to marry as a large nose.
Source: Lady Markby, in An...
When a woman...
When a woman marries again it is because she detested her first husband. When a man marries again it is because he...
The Americans are...
The Americans are certainly hero-worshippers, and always take their heroes from the criminal...
Between men and...
Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no...
The basis of...
The basis of optimism is sheer terror.
Source: Lord Henry, in The Picture of Dorian...
The sign of...
The sign of a Philistine age is the cry of immorality against art.
Source: Lecture...
I hate vulgar...
I hate vulgar realism in literature. The man who could call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one. It is the...
As a wicked...
As a wicked man I am a complete failure. Why, there are lots of people who say I have never really done anything wrong...