Oscar Wilde ( 10 of 342 )
Temperament is the primary requisite for the critic - a temperament exquisitely susceptible to beauty, and to the various impressions read more
Temperament is the primary requisite for the critic - a temperament exquisitely susceptible to beauty, and to the various impressions that beauty gives us.
Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.
Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.
Murder is always a mistake - one should never do anything one cannot talk about after dinner
Murder is always a mistake - one should never do anything one cannot talk about after dinner
On mechanical slavery, on the slavery of the machine, the future of the world depends.
On mechanical slavery, on the slavery of the machine, the future of the world depends.
He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age. A woman who would tell one that would read more
One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age. A woman who would tell one that would tell one anything.
I have nothing to declare but my genius.
I have nothing to declare but my genius.
The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.
The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.
A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.
A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.
It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadayssaying things against one, behind one's back, that are absolutely and read more
It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadayssaying things against one, behind one's back, that are absolutely and entirely true.
