Oscar Wilde ( 10 of 342 )
Men become old, but they never become good
Men become old, but they never become good
Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.
Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.
A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.
A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.
Rich bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others.
Rich bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others.
Love is born with the pleasure of looking at each other, it is fed with the necessity of seeing each read more
Love is born with the pleasure of looking at each other, it is fed with the necessity of seeing each other, it is concluded with the impossibility of separation.
Feast of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1170 Come down, O Christ, and help me! reach Thy hand read more
Feast of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1170 Come down, O Christ, and help me! reach Thy hand For I am drowning in a stormier sea Than Simon on the the lake of Galilee: The wine of life is spilt upon the sand, My heart is as some famine-murdered land Whence all good things have perished utterly, And well I know my soul in Hell must lie If I this night before God's throne must stand. "He sleeps perchance, or rideth to the chase, Like Baal, when his prophets holed that name From morn to noon on Carmel's smitten height." Nay, peace! I shall behold, before the night, The feet of brass, the robe more white than flame, The wounded hands, the weary human face.
I can sympathize with everything, except suffering.
I can sympathize with everything, except suffering.
When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.
When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.
One kiss breaches the distance between friendship and love
One kiss breaches the distance between friendship and love
