“He was a man of most subtle and refined intellect. A man of culture, charm, and distinction. One of the most intellectual… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Never mind what I say. I am always saying what I shouldn't say. In fact, I usually say what I really think.… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Marriage is a matter for common sense." "But women who have common sense are so curiously plain, father, aren't they? Of course… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“My doctor says I must not have any serious conversation after seven [o'clock]. It makes me talk in my sleep.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Weak? Oh, I am sick of hearing that phrase. Sick of using it about others. Weak? Do you really think, that it… — 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 drawback of stealing a thing, is that one never knows how wonderful the thing that one steals is.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“If one listens one may be convinced; and a man who allows himself to be convinced by an argument is a thoroughly… — 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 Image
Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
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 Image
