I could never quite accustom myself to absinthe, but it suits my style so well — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The camera, you know, will never capture you. Photography, in my experience, has the miraculous power of transferring wine into water. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Alcohol, taken in sufficient quantities, may produce all the effects of drunkenness. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I have made an important discovery... that alcohol, taken in sufficient quantities, produces all the effect of intoxication. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
A glass of absinthe is as poetical as anything in the world. What difference is there between a glass of absinthe and… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I threw the pearl of my soul into a cup of wine. I went down the primrose path to the sound of… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Too much work, and no vacation, Deserves at least a small libation. So hail! my friends, and raise your glasses, Work's the… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Do you smoke? Well, yes, I must admit I smoke. I'm glad to hear of it. A man should always have an… — 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
“You have crushed the grapes against your palate. Nothing has been hidden from you. And it has all been to you no… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
And her sweet red lips on these lips of mine Burned like the ruby fire set In the swinging lamp of a… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
It is a very poor consolation to be told that the man who has given one a bad dinner, or poor wine,… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“What an exquisite life you have had! You have drunk deeply of everything. You have crushed the grapes against your palate. Nothing… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Work is the curse of the drinking class. I can resist everything except temptation. Moderation is a fatal thing - nothing succeeds… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Why is it that at a bachelor's establishment the servants invariably drink the champagne? I ask merely for information. I attribute it… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“To know the vintage and quality of a wine one need not drink the whole cask. It must be perfectly easy in… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
In war," answered the weaver, "the strong make slaves of the weak, and in peace the rich make slaves of the poor.… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
You must have a cigarette. A cigarette is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure. It is exquisite, and it leaves one… — 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
