Oscar Wilde Quotes
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Philosophy teaches us to bear with equanimity the misfortunes of others.
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Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great deal of harm.
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A chemist on each side will approach the frontier with a bottle.
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One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be what they will be.
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I can believe anything as long as it is incredible.
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Well, I can't eat muffins in an agitated manner. The butter would probably get on my cuffs. One must eat muffins quite calmly, it is the only way to eat them.
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Many people become bankrupt through having invested too heavily in the prose of life. To have ruined one's self over poetry is an honor.
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The only thing in the world worse than being Oscar Wilde is not being Oscar Wilde.
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If you are going to tell people the truth, you had better make them laugh or they will kill you.
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And all, but Lust, is turned to dustIn Humanity's machine.
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I like looking at geniuses and listening to beautiful people.
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Learn to differentiate between ignorance and stupidity.
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True love is just like regular love, but with more truth.
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Sometimes, the unnecessary is necessary.
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Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attraction of others.
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After the first glass you see things as you wish they were. After the second glass you see things as they are not. Finally, you see things as they really are, and that is the most horrible thing in the world.
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The reason we are so pleased to find other people's secrets is that it distracts public attention from our own.
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Crying is the refuge of plain women but the ruin of pretty ones.
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Things last either too long, or not long enough.
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Every one is worthy of love, except him who thinks that he is. Love is a sacrament that should be taken kneeling.