There are few of us who have not sometimes wakened before dawn, either after one of those dreamless nights that make one… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
One can live for years sometimes without living at all, and then all life comes crowding into one single hour. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Clergymen and people who use phrases without wisdom sometimes talk of suffering as a mystery. It is really a revelation. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Don't run down dyed hair and painted faces. There is an extraordinary charm in them, sometimes. — 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
I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Children start out loving their parents, but as they grow older and discover their parents are human, they become judgmental. And sometimes,… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
My friend is not allowed to go out today. I sit by his side and read him passages from his own life.… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
People say sometimes that Beauty is superficial. That may be so. But at least it is not so superficial as Thought is.… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Ordinary people waited till life disclosed to them its secrets, but to the few, to the elect, the mysteries of life were… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
People sometimes inquire what form of government is most suitable for an artist to live under. To this question there is only… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Sin is a thing that writes itself across a man's face. It cannot be concealed. People talk sometimes of secret vices, there… — 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
I like hearing myself talk. It is one of my greatest pleasures. I often have long conversations all by myself. Sometimes I… — 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 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
