“Ah! Happy they whose hearts can break And peace of pardon win! How else may man make straight his path And cleanse… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
You and I will always be friends." "Yet you poisoned me with a book once. I should not forgive that. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The sin was mine; I did not understand. So now is music prisoned in her cave, Save where some ebbing desultory wave… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“you poisoned me with a book once. I should not forgive that. Harry, promise me that you will never lend that book… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Not "Forgive us for our sins" but "Smite us for our iniquities" should be the prayer of man to a most just… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“We can forgive a man for making a useful thing as long as he does not admire it. The only excuse for… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
There was purification in punishment. Not 'Forgive us our sins,' but 'Smite us for our iniquities' should be the prayer of a… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I find that forgiving one's enemies is a most curious morbid pleasure; perhaps I should check it. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Ah! happy day they whose hearts can break And peace of pardon win! How else may man make straight his plan And… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“for that there was no atonement; but though forgiveness was impossible, forgetfulness was possible still,” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“The only horrible thing in the world is ennui, Dorian. That is the one sin for which there is no forgiveness.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“The only horrible thing in the world is ennui, Dorian. That is the one sin for which there is no forgiveness. But… — 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