M. Zola is determined to show that, if he has not got genius, he can at least be dull. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Only people who look dull ever get into the House of Commons, and only people who are dull ever succeed there. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
To believe is very dull. To doubt is intensely engrossing. To be on the alert is to live, to be lulled into… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I am but too conscious of the fact that we are born in an age when only the dull are treated seriously,… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The ancient historians gave us delightful fiction in the form of fact; the modern novelist presents us with dull facts under the… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
In England people actually try to be brilliant at breakfast. That is so dreadful of them! Only dull people are brilliant at… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
When people talk to us about others they are usually dull. When they talk to us about themselves they are nearly always… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I am but too conscious of the fact that we are born in an age when only the dull are treated seriously,… — 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
