The happiness of a married man depends on the people he has not married. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious; both are disappointed. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
They flaunt their conjugal felicity in one's face, as if it were the most fascinating of sins. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“The bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
A man who marries without knowing Bunbury has a very tedious time of it. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“That is just what I should like to marry. A thoroughly sensible wife would reduce me to a condition of absolute idiocy… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Adevarul despre casatorie este acela ca te face sa nu mai fi egoist. Iar oamenii lipsiti de egoism sun incolori. Le lipseste… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Poor old Lord Mortlake, who had only two topics of conversation, his gout and his wife! I never could quite make out… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
For an artist to marry his model is as fatal as for a gourmet to marry his cook: the one gets no… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
London is full of women who trust their husbands. One can always recognize them. They look so thoroughly unhappy. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Lady Bracknell: “He was eccentric, I admit. But only in later years. And that was the result of the Indian climate, and… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always so occupied with being jealous of other… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Besides, every experience is of value, and whatever one may say against marriage, it is certainly an experience.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I was disappointed in Niagara - most people must be disappointed in Niagara. Every American bride is taken there, and the sight… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Miss Prism: ... And you do not seem to reealize, dear Doctor, that by persistently remaining single, a man coverts himself into… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“It's most dangerous nowadays for a husband to pay any attention to his wife in public. It always makes people think that… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“But I didn’t say he was married. I said he was engaged to be married. There is a great difference. I have… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Marriage is a matter for common sense." "But women who have common sense are so curiously plain, father, aren't they? Of course… — 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
Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation, and conversation must have a common basis, and… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Mary Farquhar, who always flirts with her own husband across the dinner-table. That is not very pleasant. Indeed, it is not even… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“I am afraid it is quite clear, Cecily, that neither of us is engaged to be married to any one.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I have always been of opinion that a man who desires to get married should know either everything or nothing. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Marriage is hardly a thing one can do now and then, except in America. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
It is he who has broken the bond of marriage - not I. I only break its bondage. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Good heavens! how marriage ruins a man! It's as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Nowadays, all the married men live like bachelors, and all the bachelors like married men. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“As for marriage, of course that would be silly, but there are other and more interesting bonds between men and women.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“What nonsense people talk about happy marriages!" exclaimed Lord Henry. " A man can be happy with any woman, as long as… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. Second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
When a woman marries againit is because she detested her first husband. When a man marries again it is because he adored… — 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
Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others — Oscar Wilde Copy Share
“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
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
“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
“Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share
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
Why is it that at a bachelor's establishment the servants invariably drink the champagne. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share
Moderation is a fatal thing. Enough is as bad as a meal. More than enough is as good as a feast. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share
Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Philosophies fall away like sand, creeds follow one another, but what is beautiful is a… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share
