Oscar Wilde ( 10 of 342 )
These days man knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing.
These days man knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing.
Art is the most intense mode of invidualism that the world has known.
Art is the most intense mode of invidualism that the world has known.
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.
No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.
No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.
Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.
Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.
The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly deceived
The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly deceived
I have nothing to declare except my genius.
I have nothing to declare except my genius.
He to whom the present is the only thing that is present, knows nothing of the age in which he read more
He to whom the present is the only thing that is present, knows nothing of the age in which he lives.
A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure. I read more
A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure. I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.
People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they call their loyalty, and their read more
People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they call their loyalty, and their fidelity, I call either the lethargy of custom or their lack of imagination.
