An acquaintance that begins with a compliment is sure to develop into a real friendship. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Nowadays we are all of us so hard up that the only pleasant things to pay are compliments. They’re the only things… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
It was not intended as a compliment. It was a confession. Now that I have made it, something seems to have gone… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“An acquaintance that begins with a compliment is sure to develop into a real friendship. It starts in the right manner.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Tell the cook of this restaurant with my compliments that these are the very worst sandwiches in the whole world, and that,… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
It is a great mistake for men to give up paying compliments, for when they give up saying what is charming, they… — 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
