“I have no ambition to play the part of a mother, and why should I interfere with her illusions? I find it… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more,… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
But what of life whose bitter hungry sea Flows at our heels, and gloom of sunless night Covers the days which never… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“You have never been poor, and never known what ambition is. Wealth has given me enormous power. It gave me at the… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Every man of ambition has to fight his century with its own weapons. What this century worships is wealth. The God of… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“I think that in practical life there is something about success, actual success, that is a little unscrupulous, something about ambition that… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
A man's life is of more value than a woman's. It has larger issues, wider scope, greater ambitions. Our lives revolve in… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Do you want to kill his love for you? What sort of existence will he have if you rob him of the… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share
Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others — Oscar Wilde Copy Share
“Basil my dear boy puts everything that is charming in him into his work. The consequence is that he has nothing left for life… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share
I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share
“If these elements of beauty are real, the whole thing simply appeals to our sense of dramatic effect. Suddenly we find that we are… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share
“Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share
Men always want to be a womans first love. Women have a more subtle instinct: What they like is to be a mans last… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share
Why is it that at a bachelor's establishment the servants invariably drink the champagne. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share
Moderation is a fatal thing. Enough is as bad as a meal. More than enough is as good as a feast. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share
Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Philosophies fall away like sand, creeds follow one another, but what is beautiful is a… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share
