But beauty, real beauty, ends where an intellectual expression begins. Intellect is in itself a mode of exaggeration, and destroys the harmony… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit, but the highest form of intelligence.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Beauty is a form of genius - is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs no explanation. It is of the great… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“there is no doubt that genius lasts longer than beauty. That accounts for the fact that we all take such pains to… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I quite agree with Dr. Nordau's assertion that all men of genius are insane, but Dr. Nordau forgets that all sane people… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. A man… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The intellect is not a serious thing, and never has been. It is an instrument on which one plays, that is all. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Intellect is in itself an exaggeration, and destroys the harmony of any face. The moment one sits down to think, one becomes… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
It is a sad thing to think of, but there is no doubt that genius lasts longer than beauty. That accounts for… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Genius lasts longer than Beauty. That accounts for the fact that we all take such pains to over-educate ourselves. — 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
