Oscar Wilde

Country Ireland
Born Monday, 30 November -0001
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Quotes 439
He is a great irish poet.
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“A simile committing suicide is always a depressing spectacle.” Uncategorized
“It is better to be beautiful then to be good, but it is better to be good then to be ugly.” Uncategorized
“A gentleman is one who never hurts anyones feelings intentionally.” Uncategorized
“Never speak disrespectfully of Society, Algernon. Only people who can’t get into it do that.” Uncategorized
“Arguments are to be avoided, they are always vulgar and often convincing.” Uncategorized
“Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.” Uncategorized
“Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.” Uncategorized
“I have learned this: it is not what one does that is wrong, but what one becomes as a consequence of it.” Uncategorized
“The only way a woman can ever reform a man is by boring him so completely that he loses all possible interest in life.” Uncategorized
“It is the stupid and the ugly who have the best of it in this world” Uncategorized
“Its a beautiful woman's fate to be the subject of conversation where ever she goes” Uncategorized
“The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read.” Uncategorized
“My life-my whole life- take it, and do with it what you will. I love you-love you as I have never loved any living thing. From the moment I met you I loved you, loved you blindly, adoringly,madly! You didn't know it then-you know it now.” Uncategorized
“I never change, except in my affections.” Uncategorized
“Friendship is far more tragic than love. It lasts longer.” Uncategorized
“The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves. The basis of optimism is sheer terror.” Uncategorized
“The one charm of the past is that it is the past.” Uncategorized
“Always! That is a dreadful word. It makes me shudder when I hear it. Women are so fond of using it. They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever. It is a meaningless word, too. The only difference between a caprice and a life-long passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.” Uncategorized
“She is all the great heroines of the world in one. She is more than an individual. I love her, and I must make her love me. I want to make Romeo jealous. I want the dead lovers of the world to hear our laughter, and grow sad. I want a breath of our passion to stir dust into consciousness, to wake their ashes into pain. ” Uncategorized
“America has never quite forgiven Europe for having been discovered somewhat earlier in history than itself.” Uncategorized