In England ... education produces no effect whatsoever. If it did, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes, and… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“The things people say of a man do not alter a man. He is what he is. Public opinion is of no… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Man is complete in himself. When they go into the world, the world will disagree with them. That is inevitable. The world… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“All authority is quite degrading. It degrades those who exercise it, and degrades those over whom it is exercised. When it is… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner that they hurt us by their crude… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with her. — 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
