Oscar Wilde Quotes
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The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly deceived.
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Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.
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My philosophy? I'm always right and you are wrong.
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The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can be analyzed, women merely adored.
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Some things are more precious because they don't last long.
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No crime is vulgar, but all vulgarity is crime.
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All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling. To be natural is to be obvious, and to be obvious is to be inartistic.
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Art never expresses anything but itself.
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Pleasure without Champagne is purely artificial.
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Every woman is a rebel.
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It is a dangerous thing to reform anyone.
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Life is terrible. It rules us, we do not rule it.
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As for omens, there is no such thing as an omen. Destiny does not send us heralds. She is too wise or too cruel for that.
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We are specially designed to appeal to the sense of humour.
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To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.
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A kiss may ruin a human life.
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Oh, I hate the cheap severity of abstract ethics!
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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.
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Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive us everything, even our gigantic intellects.
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Nature is always behind the age.
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I must remember that a good friend is a new world.
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However, it is always nice to be expected, and not to arrive.
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There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love.
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There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The poor can think of nothing else.