That beauty which is meant by art is no mere accident of human life which people can take or leave, but a… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
To be entirely free, and at the same time entirely dominated by law, is the eternal paradox of human life. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“for I wish rather, in this lecture at least, to dwell on the effect that decorative art has on human life -… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Human life--that appeared to him the one thing worth investigating. Compared to it there was nothing else of any value. It was… — 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
