Society takes upon itself the right to inflict appalling punishment on the individual, but it also has the supreme vice of shallowness,… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The form of government that is most suitable to the artist is no government at all. ... One might point out how… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
She is all the great heroines of the world in one. She is more than an individual. I love her, and I… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Yes, I am a thorough republican. No other form of government is so favorable to the growth of art. ...because of the… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
He had that curious love of green, which in individuals is always the sign of a subtle artistic temperament, and in nations… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The State is to make what is useful. The individual is to make what is beautiful. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
We have been able to have fine poetry in England because the public do not read it, and consequently do not influence… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
While one should always study the method of a great artist, one should never imitate his manner. The manner of an artist… — 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
