The General was essentially a man of peace, except in his domestic life. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
In war, the strong make slaves of the weak, and in peace the rich makes slaves of the poor. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Peace, Peace, she cannot hear Lyre or sonnet, All my life's buried here, Heap earth upon it.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“She is at rest. Peace, peace, she cannot hear, Lyre or sonnet, All my life's buried here, Heap earth upon it.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Intellect is in itself an exaggeration, and destroys the harmony of any face. The moment one sits down to think, one becomes… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“The harmony of soul and body - how much that is! We in our madness have separated the two, and have invented… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
But beauty, real beauty, ends where an intellectual expression begins. Intellect is in itself a mode of exaggeration, and destroys the harmony… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
To be good is to be in harmony with oneself. Discord is to be forced to be in harmony with others. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“To be good is to be in harmony with ones self. Discord is to be forces to be in harmony with others.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Ah! Happy they whose hearts can break And peace of pardon win! How else may man make straight his path And cleanse… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“real beauty, ends where an intellectual expression begins. Intellect is in itself a mode of exaggeration, and destroys the harmony of any… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Ah! happy day they whose hearts can break And peace of pardon win! How else may man make straight his plan And… — 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
“The steam whistle will not affright him nor the flutes of Arcadia weary him: for him there is but one time, the… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“The storm of revolution,’ as Andre Chenier said, ‘blows out the torch of poetry.’ It is not for some little time that… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“All these appeals to art to set herself more in harmony with modern progress and civilisation, and to make herself the mouthpiece… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“I remember once, in talking to Mr. Burne-Jones about modern science, his saying to me, ‘the more materialistic science becomes, the more… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
It is well for his peace that the saint goes to his martyrdom. He is spared the sight of the horror of… — 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
