Music makes one feel so romantic - at least it always gets on one's nerves - which is the same thing nowadays. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Romantic art deals with the exception and with the individual. Good people, belonging as they do to the normal, and so, commonplace… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“For romantic young people like he is, the world always looks best at a distance; and a prison where one's allowed to… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
He must have a truly romantic nature, for he weepswhen there is nothing at all toweep about. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“It is very romantic to be in love. But there is nothing romantic about a definite proposal. Why, one may be accepted.… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“I really don't see what is so romantic about proposing. One may be accepted - one usually is, I believe - and… — 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
