Oscar Wilde ( 10 of 342 )
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.
Men become old, but they never become good
Men become old, but they never become good
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.
Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.
Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.
Morality is simply the attitude we adopt toward people whom we personally dislike.
Morality is simply the attitude we adopt toward people whom we personally dislike.
Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do
Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do
The basis for optimism is sheer terror.
The basis for optimism is sheer terror.
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.
It is exactly because a man cannot do a thing that he is a proper judge of it
It is exactly because a man cannot do a thing that he is a proper judge of it
Ah, well, then I suppose I shall have to die beyond my means.
Ah, well, then I suppose I shall have to die beyond my means.
