Oscar Wilde
The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.
Oscar WildeModeration is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.
Oscar WildeTo be natural is such a very difficult pose to keep up.
Oscar WildeI may have said the same thing before...but my explanation, I am sure, will always be different.
Oscar WildeIn America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience.
Oscar WildeThe only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.
Oscar WildeTo give an accurate description of what has never occurred is not merely the proper occupation of the historian, but the inalienable privilege of any man of parts and culture.
Oscar WildeEducation is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
Oscar WildeWe are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
Oscar WildeThe value of an idea has nothing whatever to do with the sincerity of the man who expresses it.
Oscar WildeWhen one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what world calls a romance.
Oscar WildeAll great ideas are dangerous.
Oscar WildeAn idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.
Oscar WildeOne can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.
Oscar WildeThose whom the gods love grow young.
Oscar WildeWe have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language.
Oscar WildeThe well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.
Oscar WildeFrom the point of view of literature Mr. Kipling is a genius who drops his aspirates. From the point of view of life, he is a reporter who knows vulgarity better than any one has ever known it.
Oscar WildeConsistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
Oscar WildeThe intellect is not a serious thing, and never has been. It is an instrument on which one plays, that is all.
Oscar WildeLooking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.
Oscar WildeAs for the virtuous poor, one can pity them, of course, but one cannot possibly admire them. They have made private terms with the enemy, and sold their birthright for very bad pottage. They must also be extraordinarily stupid.
Oscar WildeThe sick do not ask if the hand that smoothes their pillow is pure, nor the dying care if the lips that touch their brow have known the kiss of sin.
Oscar WildeWomen have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious.
Oscar WildeThere is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written or badly written.
Oscar Wilde
