Oscar Wilde ( 10 of 342 )
Why was I born with such contemporaries?
Why was I born with such contemporaries?
The longer I live, the more keenly I feel that whatever was good enough for our fathers is not good read more
The longer I live, the more keenly I feel that whatever was good enough for our fathers is not good enough for us.
There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written.
There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written.
The book of life begins with a man and a woman in a garden, and ends with Revelations.
The book of life begins with a man and a woman in a garden, and ends with Revelations.
Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless who know love's tragedies.
Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless who know love's tragedies.
There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with the colour, the beauty, the read more
There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with the colour, the beauty, the joy of life. The less said about life's sores the better.
Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived
Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived
Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.
Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.
Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.
Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.
In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin.
In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin.
