The value of an idea has nothing whatever to do with the sincerity of the man who expresses it. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“When they make up their ledger, they balance stupidity by wealth, and vice by hypocrisy.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and being good all the time. That would… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and being really good all the time. That… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“They are more cunning than practical. When they make up their ledger, they balance stupidity by wealth, and vice by hypocrisy.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“No. There had been nothing more. Through vanity he had spared her. In hypocrisy he had worn the mask of goodness. For… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
There are moments when one has to choose between living one's own life, fully, entirely, completely-or dragging out some false, shallow, degrading… — 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
