For us there is only one season, the season of sorrow. The very sun and moon seem taken from us. Outside, the… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Life is not governed by will or intention. Life is a question of nerves, and fibres, and slowly built-up cells in which… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Life is a question of nerves, and fibres, and slowly built-up cells in which thought hides itself and passion has its dreams.… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
At six o'clock we cleaned our cells, At seven all was still, But the sough and swing of a mighty wing The… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The great events of life often leave one unmoved; they pass out of consciousness, and, when thinks of them, become unreal. Even… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
There are moments, psychologists tell us, when the passion for sin, or what the world calls sin, so dominates a nature, that… — 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
