As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them, of course, but one cannot possibly admire them. They have made private terms… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Were there no law there'd be no law-breakers, So all men would be virtuous.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them of course, but one cannot possibly admire them. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
A virtuous abstinence from the joys of pederasty comes most easily to those who have no taste for it. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“I like no law at all: Were there no law there'd be no law-breakers, So all men would be virtuous” — 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
Why is it that at a bachelor's establishment the servants invariably drink the champagne. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Moderation is a fatal thing. Enough is as bad as a meal. More than enough is as good as a feast. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Philosophies fall away like sand, creeds follow one another, but what is beautiful is a… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
