The mere mechanical technique of acting can be taught, but the spirit that is to give life to lifeless forms must be… — 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
I tremble with pleasure when I think that on the very day of my leaving prison both the laburnum and the lilac… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Well, in the first place girls never marry the men they flirt with. Girls don't think it right. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
When I think of all the harm [the Bible] has done, I despair of ever writing anything to equal it. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
It is a great mistake for men to give up paying compliments, for when they give up saying what is charming, they… — 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
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
I did not think I should be ever loved: do you indeed Love me so much as now you say you do?… — 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