“some kill their love when they are young, and some when they are old; some strangle with the hands of lust, some… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
A man cannot reason with the woman he loves: he cares about her too much. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Love - well, not love at first sight, but love at the end of the season, which is so much more satisfactory.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
In war," answered the weaver, "the strong make slaves of the weak, and in peace the rich make slaves of the poor.… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Phidias and the achievements of Greek art are foreshadowed in Homer: Dante prefigures for us the passion and colour and intensity of… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“But surely it is something to have been The best beloved for a little while, To have walked hand in hand with… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love. Sibyl Vane seemed to him to… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Life under a good government is rarely dramatic; life under a bad government is always so. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Don't be afraid. There are exquisite things in store for you. This is merely the beginning. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“I really don't see anything romantic in proposing. It is very romantic to be in love. But there is nothing romantic about… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
All sins, except a sin against itself, Love should forgive. All lives, save loveless lives, true Love should pardon. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“O crowned by God with thorns and pain! Mother of Christ! O mystic wife! my heart is weary of this life And… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Robert, men can love what is beneath them—things unworthy, stained, dishonoured. We women worship when we love; and when we lose our… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement. Nothing spoils romance so much as… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
He made me see what Life is, and what Death signifies, and why Love is stronger than both. — 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
