Oscar Wilde ( 10 of 342 )
The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.
The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.
Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a mans last romance.
Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a mans last romance.
There is no such thing as a good influence. Because to influence a person is to give him one's own read more
There is no such thing as a good influence. Because to influence a person is to give him one's own soul. He does not think his natural thoughts, or burn with his natural passions. His virtures are not real to him. His sins, if there are such thing as sins, are borrowed. He becomes an echo of someone else's music, an actor of a part that has not been written for him.
I have nothing to declare but my genius.
I have nothing to declare but my genius.
It (cricket) requires one to assume such indecent postures
It (cricket) requires one to assume such indecent postures
Extravagance is the luxury of the poor; penury is the luxury of the rich.
Extravagance is the luxury of the poor; penury is the luxury of the rich.
When I was young, I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old, read more
When I was young, I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old, I know it is
Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.
Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.
The husbands of very beautiful women belong to the criminal classes.
The husbands of very beautiful women belong to the criminal classes.
To get into the best society nowadays, one has either to feed people, amuse people, or shock people.
To get into the best society nowadays, one has either to feed people, amuse people, or shock people.
