Oscar Wilde Quotes
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What is said of a man is nothing. The point is, who says it.
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When a man does exactly what a woman expects him to do she doesn't think much of him. One should always do what a woman doesn't expect, just as one should say what she doesn't understand.
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Music is the art which is most nigh to tears and memories.
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It is only through Art and through Art only that we can realize our perfection; Through Art and art only that we can shield ourselves from the sordid perils of actual existence.
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The things people say of a man do not alter a man. He is what he is. Public opinion is of no value whatsoever.
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To be in love is to surpass one's self.
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Imagination is a quality given a man to compensate him for what he is not, and a sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is.
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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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Too much work, and no vacation, Deserves at least a small libation. So hail! my friends, and raise your glasses, Work's the curse of the drinking classes.
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For, try as we may, we cannot get behind the appearence of things to reality. And the terrible reason may be that there is no reality in the things apart from their appearences.
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Is she such a mystery? She is more than a mystery - she is a mood. Moods don't last. It is their chief charm.
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I was wrong. God's law is only Love.
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And if it feels good... Feel it!
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The final mystery is oneself.
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It is very vulgar to talk about one's own business. Only people like stockbrokers do that, and then only at dinner parties.
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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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Whenever life sucks, remember you're going to die someday.
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The tragedy of the poor is that they can afford nothing but self denial.
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All trials are trials for one’s life, just as all sentences are sentences of death.
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I would have a workshop attached to every school, and one hour a day given up to the teaching of simple decorative arts. It would be a golden hour to the children.
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'She said that she would dance with me if I brought her red roses,' cried the young Student; 'but in all my garden there is no red rose.'
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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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There are as many perfections as there are imperfect men. And while to the claims of charity a man may yield and yet be free, to the claims of conformity no man may yield and remain free at all.
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The aim of love is to love. No more, no less.