Oscar Wilde

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Men always want to be a woman's first love. That is their clumsy vanity. We woman have a more subtle read more

Men always want to be a woman's first love. That is their clumsy vanity. We woman have a more subtle instinct about things. What we like is to be a man's last romance.

To get back one's youth one has merely to repeat one's follies

To get back one's youth one has merely to repeat one's follies

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows read more

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself.