Oscar Wilde ( 10 of 342 )
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.
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.
To have the reputation of possessing the most perfect social tact, talk to every woman as if you loved her, read more
To have the reputation of possessing the most perfect social tact, talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you.
The husbands of very beautiful women belong to the criminal classes.
The husbands of very beautiful women belong to the criminal classes.
Everything popular is wrong.
Everything popular is wrong.
Popularity is the one insult I have never suffered.
Popularity is the one insult I have never suffered.
I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.
I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.
She is absolutely inadmissible into society. Many a woman has a past, but I am told that she has at read more
She is absolutely inadmissible into society. Many a woman has a past, but I am told that she has at least a dozen, and that they all fit.
The security of Society lies in custom and unconscious instinct, and the basis of the stability of Society, as a read more
The security of Society lies in custom and unconscious instinct, and the basis of the stability of Society, as a healthy organism, is the complete absence of any intelligence amongst its members.
Seriousness is the last refuge of the shallow.
Seriousness is the last refuge of the shallow.
