Oscar Wilde

I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.

I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.

Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.

Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.

Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless who know love's tragedies.

Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless who know love's tragedies.