I have invented an invaluable permanent invalid called Bunbury, in order that I may be able to go down into the country… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Really, if the lower orders don't set a good example, what on earth is the use of them? — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
If a man needs an elaborate tombstone in order to remain in the memory of his country, it is clear that his… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Perhaps there may come into my art also, no less than into my life, a still deeper note, one of greater unity… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Without order nothing can exist-without chaos nothing can evolve. Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
It is immoral to use private property in order to alleviate the horrible evils that result from the institutions of private property. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Do you really keep a diary? I'd give anything to look at it. May I? Oh, no. You see, it is simply… — 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
