Oscar Wilde

There is no such thing as a good influence. Because to influence a person is to give him one's own read more

There is no such thing as a good influence. Because to influence a person is to give him one's own soul. He does not think his natural thoughts, or burn with his natural passions. His virtures are not real to him. His sins, if there are such thing as sins, are borrowed. He becomes an echo of someone else's music, an actor of a part that has not been written for him.

America has been discovered before, but it has always been hushed up.

America has been discovered before, but it has always been hushed up.

Put your talent into your work, but your genius into your life

Put your talent into your work, but your genius into your life

The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can be analyzed, women merely adored.

The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can be analyzed, women merely adored.

It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors

It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors