The tragedy of the poor is that they can afford nothing but self denial. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Poor? What does that matter? When poverty creeps in at the door, love flies in through the window. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them of course, but one cannot possibly admire them. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
If the poor only had profiles there would be no difficulty in solving the problem of poverty — 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
Sometimes the poor are praised for being thrifty. But to recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
You know I have loved him always. But we are very poor. Who, being loved, is poor? Oh, no one. I hate… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“You know we poor artists have to show ourselves in society from time to time, just to remind the public that we… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
It is a very poor consolation to be told that the man who has given one a bad dinner, or poor wine,… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
You shut out from your society the gentle and the good. You laugh at the simple and the pure. living, as you… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Unless one is wealthy there is no use in being a charming fellow. Romance is the privilege of the rich, not the… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Yes; poor Bunbury is a dreadful invalid. Well, I must say, Algernon, that I think it is high time that Mr. Bunbury… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them, of course, but one cannot possibly admire them. They have made private terms… — 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
Extravagance is the luxury of the poor; penury is the luxury of the rich. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“I should fancy that the real tragedy of the poor is that they can afford nothing but self-denial.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
As for begging, it is safer to beg than to take, but it is finer to take than to beg — 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
