Oscar Wilde

Vulgarity is the conduct of other people, just as falsehoods are the truths of other people.

Vulgarity is the conduct of other people, just as falsehoods are the truths of other people.

America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.

America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.

All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That is his.

All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That is his.

I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and often convincing.

I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and often convincing.

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.