Oscar Wilde

Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes, they forgive them

Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes, they forgive them

Temperament is the primary requisite for the critic - a temperament exquisitely susceptible to beauty, and to the various impressions read more

Temperament is the primary requisite for the critic - a temperament exquisitely susceptible to beauty, and to the various impressions that beauty gives us.

There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with the colour, the beauty, the read more

There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with the colour, the beauty, the joy of life. The less said about life's sores the better.

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won’t expect it back.

Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won’t expect it back.