“The majority of people spoil their lives by an unhealthy and exaggerated altruism – are forced, indeed, so to spoil them. They… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Charity creates a multitude of sins. Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Lord Henry smiled. People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves. It is what I call the depth… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“LORD GORING: ... All I do know is that life cannot be understood without much charity, cannot be lived without much charity.… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves. It is what I call the depth of generosity. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
While to the claims of charity a man may yield and yet be free, to the claims of conformity no man may… — 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
