--- title: "14 Perfect Quotes By Oscar Wilde" description: "14 Perfect quotes by Oscar Wilde. Plus more from Oscar Wilde and more Perfect sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/450/oscar-wilde-16_art_music-is-the-perfect-type-of-art-1889860_1889860.jpg" --- > [Music is the perfect type of art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/music-is-the-perfect-type-of-art/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/450/oscar-wilde-16_art_music-is-the-perfect-type-of-art-1889860_1889860.jpg) > [To be premature is to be perfect](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/to-be-premature-is-to-be-perfect/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/136/oscar-wilde-16_perfect_to-be-premature-is-to-be-perfect-467063_467063.jpg) > [It is not the perfect, but the imperfect, who have need of love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/it-is-not-the-perfect-but-the-imperfect-who-have-need-of-love/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b1/oscar-wilde-16_ideal-husband_it-is-not-the-perfect-but-the-imperfect_2939464.jpg) > [The note of the perfect personality is not rebellion, but peace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-note-of-the-perfect-personality-is-not-rebellion-but-peace/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/762/oscar-wilde-16_notes_the-note-of-the-perfect-personality-is-n_1035929.jpg) > [Only mediocrities progress. An artist revolves in a cycle of masterpieces, the first of which is no less perfect than the last.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/only-mediocrities-progress-an-artist-revolves-in-a-cycle-of/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2c/oscar-wilde-16_art_only-mediocrities-progress-an-artist-rev_1717056.jpg) > [The morality of art consists in the perfect use of an imperfect medium.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-morality-of-art-consists-in-the-perfect-use-of-an-imperfect-medium/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3da/oscar-wilde-16_art_the-morality-of-art-consists-in-the-perf_2731957.jpg) > [I hope to-morrow will be a fine day, Lane. It never is, sir. Lane, you're a perfect pessimist. I do my best…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/i-hope-to-morrow-will-be-a-fine-day-lane-it-never-is-sir-lane-you-re/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49b/oscar-wilde-16_fine_i-hope-to-morrow-will-be-a-fine-day-lane_904335.jpg) > [There is something tragic about the enormous number of young men there are in England at the present moment who start life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/there-is-something-tragic-about-the-enormous-number-of-young-men/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8e/oscar-wilde-16_art-life_there-is-something-tragic-about-the-enor_371599.jpg) > [It is that deep spiritual affection that is as pure as it is perfect. It is beautiful, it is fine, it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/it-is-that-deep-spiritual-affection-that-is-as-pure-as-it-is-perfect/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ca/oscar-wilde-16_affection_it-is-that-deep-spiritual-affection-that_1515627.jpg) > [I don't know how to talk. Oh! talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/i-don-t-know-how-to-talk-oh-talk-to-every-woman-as-if-you-loved-her/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/203/oscar-wilde-16_bored_i-don-t-know-how-to-talk-oh-talk-to-ever_1316188.jpg) > [Palermo was lovely. The most beautifully situated town in the world - it dreams away its life in the Conca d'Oro, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/palermo-was-lovely-the-most-beautifully-situated-town-in-the-world-it/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be7/oscar-wilde-16_dream_palermo-was-lovely-the-most-beautifully_1058422.jpg) > [You must have a cigarette. A cigarette is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure. It is exquisite, and it leaves one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/you-must-have-a-cigarette-a-cigarette-is-the-perfect-type-of-a/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b14/oscar-wilde-16_cigarette_you-must-have-a-cigarette-a-cigarette-is_2142111.jpg) > [A beautiful woman risking everything for a mad passion. A few wild weeks of happiness cut short by a hideous, treacherous crime.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/a-beautiful-woman-risking-everything-for-a-mad-passion-a-few-wild/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ff/oscar-wilde-16_agony_a-beautiful-woman-risking-everything-for_2435290.jpg) > [My sweet rose, my delicate flower, my lily of lilies, it is perhaps in prison that I am going to test the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/my-sweet-rose-my-delicate-flower-my-lily-of-lilies-it-is-perhaps-in/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aff/oscar-wilde-16_abyss_my-sweet-rose-my-delicate-flower-my-lily_1999618.jpg) ## Other authors on Perfect ## More by Oscar Wilde > [How else but through a broken heart may Lord Christ enter in?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/how-else-but-through-a-broken-heart-may-lord-christ-enter-in/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-books-that-the-world-calls-immoral-are-the-books-that-show-the/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/bachelors-should-be-heavily-taxed-it-is-not-fair-that-some-men-should/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [Who, being loved, is poor?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/who-being-loved-is-poor/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [“Basil my dear boy puts everything that is charming in him into his work. The consequence is that he has nothing left for life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/basil-my-dear-boy-puts-everything-that-is-charming-in-him-into-his/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [Anybody can be good in the country](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/anybody-can-be-good-in-the-country/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/i-don-t-at-all-like-knowing-what-people-say-of-me-behind-my-back-it/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [“Alles Populäre ist falsch.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/alles-popul-re-ist-falsch/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [“If these elements of beauty are real, the whole thing simply appeals to our sense of dramatic effect. Suddenly we find that we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/if-these-elements-of-beauty-are-real-the-whole-thing-simply-appeals/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/to-love-one-s-self-is-the-beginning-of-a-life-long-romance/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [“Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/those-who-find-beautiful-meanings-in-beautiful-things-are-the/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [Men always want to be a womans first love. Women have a more subtle instinct: What they like is to be a mans last…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/men-always-want-to-be-a-womans-first-love-women-have-a-more-subtle/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [Why is it that at a bachelor's establishment the servants invariably drink the champagne.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/why-is-it-that-at-a-bachelor-s-establishment-the-servants-invariably/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [Moderation is a fatal thing. Enough is as bad as a meal. More than enough is as good as a feast.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/moderation-is-a-fatal-thing-enough-is-as-bad-as-a-meal-more-than/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Philosophies fall away like sand, creeds follow one another, but what is beautiful is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/beauty-is-the-only-thing-that-time-cannot-harm-philosophies-fall-away/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/perfect/oscar-wilde/#itemlist", "name": "14 Perfect Quotes By Oscar Wilde", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Music is the perfect type of art.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/music-is-the-perfect-type-of-art/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/450/oscar-wilde-16_art_music-is-the-perfect-type-of-art-1889860_1889860.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/450/oscar-wilde-16_art_music-is-the-perfect-type-of-art-1889860_1889860.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/450/oscar-wilde-16_art_music-is-the-perfect-type-of-art-1889860_1889860.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Music is the perfect type of art.” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To be premature is to be perfect", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/to-be-premature-is-to-be-perfect/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/136/oscar-wilde-16_perfect_to-be-premature-is-to-be-perfect-467063_467063.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/136/oscar-wilde-16_perfect_to-be-premature-is-to-be-perfect-467063_467063.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/136/oscar-wilde-16_perfect_to-be-premature-is-to-be-perfect-467063_467063.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“To be premature is to be perfect” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is not the perfect, but the imperfect, who have need of love.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/it-is-not-the-perfect-but-the-imperfect-who-have-need-of-love/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b1/oscar-wilde-16_ideal-husband_it-is-not-the-perfect-but-the-imperfect_2939464.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b1/oscar-wilde-16_ideal-husband_it-is-not-the-perfect-but-the-imperfect_2939464.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b1/oscar-wilde-16_ideal-husband_it-is-not-the-perfect-but-the-imperfect_2939464.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It is not the perfect, but the imperfect, who have need of love.” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The note of the perfect personality is not rebellion, but peace.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-note-of-the-perfect-personality-is-not-rebellion-but-peace/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/762/oscar-wilde-16_notes_the-note-of-the-perfect-personality-is-n_1035929.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/762/oscar-wilde-16_notes_the-note-of-the-perfect-personality-is-n_1035929.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/762/oscar-wilde-16_notes_the-note-of-the-perfect-personality-is-n_1035929.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The note of the perfect personality is not rebellion, but peace.” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Only mediocrities progress. An artist revolves in a cycle of masterpieces, the first of which is no less perfect than the last.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/only-mediocrities-progress-an-artist-revolves-in-a-cycle-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2c/oscar-wilde-16_art_only-mediocrities-progress-an-artist-rev_1717056.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2c/oscar-wilde-16_art_only-mediocrities-progress-an-artist-rev_1717056.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2c/oscar-wilde-16_art_only-mediocrities-progress-an-artist-rev_1717056.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Only mediocrities progress. An artist revolves in a cycle of masterpieces, the first of which is no less…” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 6, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The morality of art consists in the perfect use of an imperfect medium.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-morality-of-art-consists-in-the-perfect-use-of-an-imperfect-medium/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3da/oscar-wilde-16_art_the-morality-of-art-consists-in-the-perf_2731957.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3da/oscar-wilde-16_art_the-morality-of-art-consists-in-the-perf_2731957.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3da/oscar-wilde-16_art_the-morality-of-art-consists-in-the-perf_2731957.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The morality of art consists in the perfect use of an imperfect medium.” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I hope to-morrow will be a fine day, Lane. It never is, sir. Lane, you're a perfect pessimist. I do my best to give satisfaction, sir.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/i-hope-to-morrow-will-be-a-fine-day-lane-it-never-is-sir-lane-you-re/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49b/oscar-wilde-16_fine_i-hope-to-morrow-will-be-a-fine-day-lane_904335.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49b/oscar-wilde-16_fine_i-hope-to-morrow-will-be-a-fine-day-lane_904335.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49b/oscar-wilde-16_fine_i-hope-to-morrow-will-be-a-fine-day-lane_904335.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I hope to-morrow will be a fine day, Lane. It never is, sir. Lane, you're a perfect pessimist. I do my best…” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There is something tragic about the enormous number of young men there are in England at the present moment who start life with perfect profiles, and end by adopting some useful profession.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/there-is-something-tragic-about-the-enormous-number-of-young-men/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8e/oscar-wilde-16_art-life_there-is-something-tragic-about-the-enor_371599.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8e/oscar-wilde-16_art-life_there-is-something-tragic-about-the-enor_371599.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8e/oscar-wilde-16_art-life_there-is-something-tragic-about-the-enor_371599.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There is something tragic about the enormous number of young men there are in England at the present moment…” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is that deep spiritual affection that is as pure as it is perfect. It is beautiful, it is fine, it is the noblest form of affection. There is nothing unnatural about it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/it-is-that-deep-spiritual-affection-that-is-as-pure-as-it-is-perfect/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ca/oscar-wilde-16_affection_it-is-that-deep-spiritual-affection-that_1515627.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ca/oscar-wilde-16_affection_it-is-that-deep-spiritual-affection-that_1515627.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ca/oscar-wilde-16_affection_it-is-that-deep-spiritual-affection-that_1515627.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It is that deep spiritual affection that is as pure as it is perfect. It is beautiful, it is fine, it is the…” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't know how to talk. Oh! talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you, and at the end of your first season you will have the reputation of possessing the most perfect social tact.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/i-don-t-know-how-to-talk-oh-talk-to-every-woman-as-if-you-loved-her/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/203/oscar-wilde-16_bored_i-don-t-know-how-to-talk-oh-talk-to-ever_1316188.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/203/oscar-wilde-16_bored_i-don-t-know-how-to-talk-oh-talk-to-ever_1316188.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/203/oscar-wilde-16_bored_i-don-t-know-how-to-talk-oh-talk-to-ever_1316188.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I don't know how to talk. Oh! talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you…” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Palermo was lovely. The most beautifully situated town in the world - it dreams away its life in the Conca d'Oro, the exquisite valley that lies between two seas. The lemon groves and the orange gardens were entirely perfect.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/palermo-was-lovely-the-most-beautifully-situated-town-in-the-world-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be7/oscar-wilde-16_dream_palermo-was-lovely-the-most-beautifully_1058422.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be7/oscar-wilde-16_dream_palermo-was-lovely-the-most-beautifully_1058422.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be7/oscar-wilde-16_dream_palermo-was-lovely-the-most-beautifully_1058422.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Palermo was lovely. The most beautifully situated town in the world - it dreams away its life in the Conca…” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You must have a cigarette. A cigarette is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure. It is exquisite, and it leaves one unsatisfied. What more can one want?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/you-must-have-a-cigarette-a-cigarette-is-the-perfect-type-of-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b14/oscar-wilde-16_cigarette_you-must-have-a-cigarette-a-cigarette-is_2142111.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b14/oscar-wilde-16_cigarette_you-must-have-a-cigarette-a-cigarette-is_2142111.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b14/oscar-wilde-16_cigarette_you-must-have-a-cigarette-a-cigarette-is_2142111.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You must have a cigarette. A cigarette is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure. It is exquisite, and it…” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A beautiful woman risking everything for a mad passion. A few wild weeks of happiness cut short by a hideous, treacherous crime. Months of voiceless agony, and then a child born in pain. The mother snatched away by death, the boy left to solitude and the tyranny of an old and loveless man. Yes, it was an interesting background. It posed the lad, made him more perfect as it were. Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/a-beautiful-woman-risking-everything-for-a-mad-passion-a-few-wild/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ff/oscar-wilde-16_agony_a-beautiful-woman-risking-everything-for_2435290.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ff/oscar-wilde-16_agony_a-beautiful-woman-risking-everything-for_2435290.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ff/oscar-wilde-16_agony_a-beautiful-woman-risking-everything-for_2435290.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A beautiful woman risking everything for a mad passion. A few wild weeks of happiness cut short by a…” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 14, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My sweet rose, my delicate flower, my lily of lilies, it is perhaps in prison that I am going to test the power of love. I am going to see if I cannot make the bitter warders sweet by the intensity of the love I bear you. I have had moments when I thought it would be wise to separate. Ah! Moments of weakness and madness! Now I see that would have mutilated my life, ruined my art, broken the musical chords which make a perfect soul. Even covered with mud I shall praise you, from the deepest abysses I shall cry to you. In my solitude you will be with me.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/my-sweet-rose-my-delicate-flower-my-lily-of-lilies-it-is-perhaps-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aff/oscar-wilde-16_abyss_my-sweet-rose-my-delicate-flower-my-lily_1999618.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aff/oscar-wilde-16_abyss_my-sweet-rose-my-delicate-flower-my-lily_1999618.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aff/oscar-wilde-16_abyss_my-sweet-rose-my-delicate-flower-my-lily_1999618.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My sweet rose, my delicate flower, my lily of lilies, it is perhaps in prison that I am going to test the…” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/perfect/oscar-wilde/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/perfect/oscar-wilde/", "name": "Perfect Quotes by Oscar Wilde", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/perfect/oscar-wilde/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/450/oscar-wilde-16_art_music-is-the-perfect-type-of-art-1889860_1889860.jpg" }, "description": "14 Perfect quotes by Oscar Wilde. Plus more from Oscar Wilde and more Perfect sayings from other authors.", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/perfect/oscar-wilde/#breadcrumb" } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/perfect/oscar-wilde/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Topics", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Perfect", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/perfect/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "name": "Oscar Wilde", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/perfect/oscar-wilde/" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```