Oscar Wilde ( 10 of 342 )
I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being read more
I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being.
It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadays saying things against one, behind one's back, that are absolutely read more
It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadays saying things against one, behind one's back, that are absolutely and entirely true.
Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.
Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.
Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.
Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.
Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.
Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.
The error of youth is to believe that intelligence is a substitute for experience, while the error of age is read more
The error of youth is to believe that intelligence is a substitute for experience, while the error of age is to believe experience is a substitute for intelligence
If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.
If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.
Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive us everything, even our gigantic read more
Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive us everything, even our gigantic intellects.
I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and often convincing.
I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and often convincing.
The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple. -Oscar Wilde.
The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple. -Oscar Wilde.