In judging of a beautiful statue, the aesthetic faculty is absolutely and completely gratified by the splendid curves of those marble lips… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
A man whose desire is to be something separate from himself, to be a member of Parliament, or a successful grocer, or… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
If you want to be a grocer, or a general, or a politician, or a judge, you will invariably become it; that… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
There should be a law that no ordinary newspaper should be allowed to write about art. The harm they do by their… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
It is exactly because a man cannot do a thing that he is a proper judge of it — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
People say sometimes that Beauty is superficial. That may be so. But at least it is not so superficial as Thought is.… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
To me, Beauty is the wonder of wonders...It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. — 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
