Now it seems to me that love of some kind is the only possible explanation of the extraordinary amount of suffering that… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
And now, I am dying beyond my means. (Said while sipping champagne on his deathbed.) — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I may have said the same thing before... but my explanation, I am sure, will always be different. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
He was a hero to his valet, who bullied him, and a terror to most of his relations, whom he bullied in… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
There is more to be said for stupidity than people imagine. Personally I have a great admiration for stupidity. It is a… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Dear little Swallow,’ said the Prince, ‘you tell me of marvelous things, but more marvelous than anything is the suffering of men… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
What a silly thing love is!' said the student as he walked away. 'It is not half as useful as logic, for… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
My dear young lady, there was a great deal of truth; I dare say, in what you said, and you looked very… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I have said to you to speak the truth is a painful thing. To be forced to tell lies is much worse. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
There is much to be said in favor of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Would you be in any way offended if I said that you seem to me to be in every way the visible… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
What between the duties expected of one during one's lifetime, and the duties exacted from one after one's death, land has ceased… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Like two doomed ships that pass in storm we had crossed each other's way: but we made no sign, we said no… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
He had that curious love of green, which in individuals is always the sign of a subtle artistic temperament, and in nations… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
It's an odd thing, but anyone who disappears is said to be seen in San Francisco. It must be a delightful city… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Good heavens, I suppose a man may eat his own muffins in his own garden." "But you have just said it was… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
She has form," he said to himself, as he walked away through the grove - "that cannot be denied to her; but… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
It is sometimes said that the tragedy of an artist's life is that he cannot realise his ideal. But the true tragedy… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Then there was a man who said, 'I never knew what real happiness was until I got married; by then it was… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
It is perfectly monstrous,' he said, at last, 'the way people go about nowadays saying things against one behind one's back that… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
To be popular one must be a mediocrity." "Not with Women," said the duchess, shaking her head; "and women rule the world.… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
There is no good talking to him," said a Dragon-fly, who was sitting on the top of a large brown bulrush; "no… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The Governor was strong upon The Regulation Act: The Doctor said that Death was but A scientific fact: And twice a day… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
It is chiefly, I regret to say, through journalism that such people find expression. I regret it because there is much to… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I didn't say I liked it Harry. I said it fascinated me. There is a great difference. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
She said that she would dance with me if I brought her red roses but in all my garden there is no… — 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
