No man dies for what he knows to be true. Men die for what they want to be true, for what some… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The terror of society, which is the basis of morals, the terror of God, which is the secret of religion-these are the… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Courage has gone out of our race. Perhaps we never really had it. The terror of society, which is the basis of… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
As I lounged in the Park, or strolled down Piccadilly, I used to look at everyone who passed me, and wonder, with… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
When our eyes met, I felt that I was growing pale. A curious sensation of terror came over me. I knew that… — 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
To be good, according to the vulgar standard of goodness, is obviously quite easy. It merely requires a certain amount of sordid… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Silently we went round and round, And through each hollow mind The memory of dreadful things Rushed like a dreadful wind, And… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I am but too conscious of the fact that we are born in an age when only the dull are treated seriously,… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
It is in the brain, and the brain only, that the great sins of the world take place also. You, Mr. Gray,… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I forget what killed it. I think it was her proposing to sacrifice the whole world for me. That is always a… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
It is not wise to find symbols in everything that one sees. It makes life too full of terrors. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I am but too conscious of the fact that we are born in an age when only the dull are treated seriously,… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves. The basis of… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
We become lovers when we see Romeo and Juliet, and Hamlet makes us students. The blood of Duncan is upon our hands,… — 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
