A sentimentalist is simply one who desires to have the luxury of an emotion without paying for it. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I now see that sorrow, being the supreme emotion of which man is capable, is at once the type and test of… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The secret of remaining young is never to have an emotion that is unbecoming. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as morality or immorality in thought. There is immoral emotion. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
A woman's life revolves in curves of emotions. It is upon lines of intellect that a man's life progresses. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
All art is immortal. For emotion for the sake of emotion is the aim of art, and emotion for the sake of… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
There is no mode of action, no form of emotion, that we do not share with the lower animals. It is only… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“There is no mode of action, no form of emotion, that we do not share with the lower animals. It is only… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
He watched it with that strange interest in trivial things that we try to develop when things of high import make us… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“It is only shallow people who require years to get rid of an emotion. A man who is master of himself can… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
It is only shallow people who require years to get rid of an emotion. A man who is master of himself can… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“It is only shallow people who require years to get rid of an emotion. A man who is master of himself can… — 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
“What does the actual lapse of time got to do with it? It is only shallow people who require years to get… — 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
