Oscar Wilde ( 10 of 342 )
The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows read more
The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself.
Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.
Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.
The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.
The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.
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.
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.
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.
All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.
All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.
Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.
Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.
Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.
Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.
It is through Art and through Art only that we can realize our perfection; through Art and Art only that read more
It is through Art and through Art only that we can realize our perfection; through Art and Art only that we can shield ourselves from the sordid perils of actual existence
