It is only the superficial qualities that last. Man's deeper nature is soon found out. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The history of women is the history of the worst form of tyranny the world has ever known. The tyranny of the… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
JACK That is nonsense. If I marry a charming girl like Gwendolen, and she is the only girl I ever saw in… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Oh, I don’t care about Jack. I don’t care for anybody in the whole world but you. I love you, Cecily. You… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
You silly Arthur! If you knew anything about...anything, which you don't, you would know that I adore you. Everyone in London knows… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Only mediocrities progress. An artist revolves in a cycle of masterpieces, the first of which is no less perfect than the last. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Men always want to be a woman’s first love. That is their clumsy vanity. We women have a more subtle instinct about… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
She wore far too much rouge last night and not quite enough clothes. That is always a sign of despair in a… — 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
The basis of action is lack of imagination. It is the last resource of those who know not how to dream. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Always! That is a dreadful word. It makes me shudder when I hear it. Women are so fond of using it. They… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Men always want to be a woman's first love. That is their clumsy vanity. We women have a more subtle instinct about… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
MRS ALLONBY Is she such a mystery? LORD ILLINGWORTH She is more than a mystery - she is a mood. MRS ALLONBY… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer. — 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
It is perfectly monstrous,' he said, at last, 'the way people go about nowadays saying things against one behind one's back that… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
If the Socialism is Authoritarian; if there are Governments armed with economic power as they are now with political power; if, in… — 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
