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Oscar Wilde
A damsel is...
A damsel is a genius in the daytime and a beauty at night.
Source: In Webster's...
Most people are...
Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a...
Technique is really...
Technique is really personality. That is the reason why the artist cannot teach it, why the pupil cannot learn it, and...
What is termed...
What is termed Sin is an essential element of progress. Without it the world would stagnate, or grow old, or become...
It is well...
It is well for our vanity that we slay the criminal, for if we suffered him to live he might show us what we had...
A mask tells...
A mask tells us more than a face.
Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed....
No great artist...
No great artist sees things as they really are. If he did he would cease to be an artist.
All bad poetry...
All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling. To be natural is to be obvious, and to be obvious is to be...
Modern pictures are,...
Modern pictures are, no doubt, delightful to look at. At least, some of them are. But they are quite impossible to...
That is what...
That is what the highest criticism really is, the record of one's own soul. It is more fascinating than history, as...
A well-tied tie...
A well-tied tie is the first serious step in life.
Source: In Webster's Electronic...
The final mystery...
The final mystery is oneself.
Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed. Keith...
A dreamer is...
A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest...
Ah, every day...
Ah, every day dear Herbert becomes de plus en plus Oscarie. It is wonderful case of nature imitating...
The nineteenth century...
The nineteenth century is a turning point in history, simply on account of the work of two men, Darwin and Renan, the...
Civilization requires slaves....
Civilization requires slaves. Human slavery is wrong, insecure and demoralizing. On mechanical slavery, on the slavery...
The worst vice...
The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.
Source: In Webster's Electronic...
A subject that...
A subject that is beautiful in itself gives no suggestion to the artist. It lacks...
If you are...
If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.
Source: Gwendolen,...
On an occasion...
On an occasion of this kind it becomes more than a moral duty to speak one's mind. It becomes a...