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
Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great deal of harm. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Really, this horrid House of Commons quite ruins our husbands for us. I think the Lower House by far the greatest blow… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Sir John's temper since he has taken seriously to politics has become quite unbearable. Really, now that the House of Commons is… — 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
Why is it that at a bachelor's establishment the servants invariably drink the champagne. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image