Wilde Quotes
- A woman will flirt with anybody in the world as long as other people are looking on. Anybody
- To give and not expect return, that is what lies at the heart of love. Expect
- Flowers are as common in the country as people are in London. Common
- History is merely gossip Funny
- A sentimentalist is simply one who desires to have the luxury of an emotion without paying for it. Desire
- Pleasure is Nature's test, her sign of approval. When man is happy, he is in harmony with himself and his environment. Approval
- No work of art ever puts forward views. Views belong to people who are not artists. Art
- Absolute catholicity of taste is not without its dangers. It is only an auctioneer who should admire all schools of art. Absolute
- Cultivated leisure is the aim of man. Aim
- The only thing that one really knows about human nature is that it changes. Change is the one quality we can predicate of it. The… Admirable
- As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them, of course, but one cannot possibly admire them. They have made private terms with the enemy,… Admire
- In going to America one learns that poverty is not a necessary accompaniment to civilization. Accompaniment
- As for begging, it is safer to beg than to take, but it is finer to take than to beg Beg
- As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them of course, but one cannot possibly admire them. Admire
- The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. Aging
- It is in the brain that the poppy is red, that the apple is odorous, that the skylark sings. Apple
- In art, the public accept what has been, because they cannot alter it, not because they appreciate it. They swallow their classics whole, and never… Accept
- He was a hero to his valet, who bullied him, and a terror to most of his relations, whom he bullied in turn. Only England… Always Said
- I don't mind plain women being puritans. It is the only excuse they have for being plain. Chastity
- Let me be dressed as I will, yet flies worms and flowers exceed me still. Clothes
- The only proper intoxication is conversation. Conversation
- Married men are horribly tedious when they are good husbands, and abominably conceited when they are not. Abominably
- Individualism has really the higher aim. Modern morality consists in accepting the standard of one's age. Accepting
- I don't like principles. I prefer prejudices. Ethics
- Intellectual generalities are always interesting, but generalities in morals mean absolutely nothing. Absolutely
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