Oscar Wilde Quotes
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The first duty of life is to be as artificial as possible. What the second duty is no one as yet discovered.
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Loveless marriages are horrible. But there is one thing worse than an absolutely loveless marriage. A marriage in which there is love, but on one side only; faith, but on one side only; devotion, but on one side only, and in which of the two hearts one is sure to be broken.
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I am afraid that woman appreciate cruelty, downright cruelty, more than anything else. They have wonderfully primitive instincts. We have emancipated them, but they remain slaves looking for their masters, all the same. They love being dominated.
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This too I know-and wise it wereIf each could know the same-That every prison that men buildIs built with bricks of shame,And bound with bars lest Christ should see How men their brothers maim.
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It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.
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Most modern calendars mar the sweet simplicity of our lives by reminding us that each day that passes is the anniversary of some perfectly uninteresting event.
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The aim of love is to love. No more, no less.
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Alas! it is a fearful thing To feel another's guilt!
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No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.
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An opinion is not necesarily correct just because you're willing to die for it.
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There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with the colour, the beauty, the joy of life. The less said about life's sores the better.
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Life is not governed by will or intention. Life is a question of nerves, and fibres, and slowly built-up cells in which thought hides itself and passion has its dreams.
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Actions are the first tragedy in life, words are the second. Words are perhaps the worst. Words are merciless. . .
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To know anything about oneself one must know all about others.
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We are specially designed to appeal to the sense of humour.
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A critic should be taught to criticise a work of art without making any reference to the personality of the author.
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A true gentleman is one who is never unintentionally rude.
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I was wrong. God's law is only Love.
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As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she is perfectly satisfied.
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Everything is dangerous, my dear fellow. If it wasn't so, life wouldn't be worth living.
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When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.
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There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.
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The function of the artist is to invent, not to chronicle.
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Life is not complex. We are complex. Life is simple, and the simple thing is the right thing.