Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. We can only record its moods, and chronicle their return.… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
But what of life whose bitter hungry sea Flows at our heels, and gloom of sunless night Covers the days which never… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The stage is not merely the meeting place of all the arts, but is also the return of art to life. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
To give and not expect return, that is what lies at the heart of love. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Be happy, be happy; you shall have your red rose. I will build it out of music by moonlight, and stain it… — 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