Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women have a more subtle instinct: What they like is to be a… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“She lacks the indefinable charm of weakness. It is the feet of clay that make the gold of the image precious.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“The one charm about the past is that it is the past. But women never know when the curtain has fallen. They… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Women are a decorative sex. They never have anything to say, but they say it charmingly — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“LADY BRACKNELL Thirty-five is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the very highest birth who have, of… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“You must admit, Harry, that women give to men the very gold of their lives.' 'Possibly,' he sighed, 'but they invariably want… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious; both are disappointed. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Never marry at all, Dorian. Men marry because they are tired, women, because they are curious: both are disappointed.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The only way a woman can ever reform a man is by boring him so completely that he loses all possible interest… — 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