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
Most of our modern portrait painters are doomed to absolute oblivion. They never paint what they see. They paint what the public… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The ancient historians gave us delightful fiction in the form of fact; the modern novelist presents us with dull facts under the… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Even men of the noblest possible moral character are extremely susceptible to the influence of the physical charms of others. Modern, no… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The modern sympathy with invalids is morbid. Illness of any kind is hardly a thing to be encouraged in others. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I am not in favour of this modern mania for turning bad people into good people at a moment's notice. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
It is chiefly, I regret to say, through journalism that such people find expression. I regret it because there is much to… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Most modern calendars mar the sweet simplicity of our lives by reminding us that each day that passes is the anniversary of… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The best one can say of modern creative art is that it is just a little less vulgar than reality. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
To elope is cowardly; it is running away from danger; and danger has become so rare in modern life. — 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
