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Oscar Wilde
Youth! There is...
Youth! There is nothing like youth. The middle-aged are mortgaged to Life. The old are in Life's lumber-room. But...
Life, Lady Stutfield,...
Life, Lady Stutfield, is simply a mauvais quart d'heure made up of exquisite moments.
Oh, duty is...
Oh, duty is what one expects from others, it is not what one does oneself.
Source:...
The sick do...
The sick do not ask if the hand that smoothes their pillow is pure, nor the dying care if the lips that touch their...
A man who...
A man who can dominate a London dinner table can dominate the world. The future belongs to the dandy. It is the...
He rides in...
He rides in the row at ten o clock in the morning, goes to the Opera three times a week, changes his clothes at least...
The Ideal Man...
The Ideal Man should talk to us as if we were goddesses, and treat us as if we were children. He should refuse all our...
A kiss may...
A kiss may ruin a human life.
Source: Mrs. Arbuthnot, in A Woman of No Importance,...
There is only...
There is only one real tragedy in a woman's life. The fact that her past is always her lover, and her future...
They are horribly...
They are horribly tedious when they are good husbands, and abominably conceited when they are...
By persistently remaining...
By persistently remaining single, a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation. Men should be more...
Only dull people...
Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.
Source: Mrs. Cheveley, in An Ideal...
In modern life...
In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world...
When a man...
When a man has once loved a woman, he will do anything for her, except continue to love...
I delight in...
I delight in men over seventy. They always offer one the devotion of a lifetime.
Must we really...
Must we really see Chicago in order to be educated?
Source: Mr. Erskine, in The...
Questions are never...
Questions are never indiscreet. Answers sometimes are.
Source: Mrs. Cheveley, in An...
Romance should never...
Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a...
Ah well, I...
Ah well, I suppose I shall have to die beyond my means.
Source: On being told the...
The strength of...
The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can be analysed, women. . . merely...