Oscar Wilde ( 10 of 342 )
A red rose is not selfish because it wants to be a red rose. It would be horribly selfish if read more
A red rose is not selfish because it wants to be a red rose. It would be horribly selfish if it wanted all the other flowers in the garden to be both red and roses.
Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it
Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it
Popularity is the crown of laurel which the world puts on bad art. Whatever is popular is wrong.
Popularity is the crown of laurel which the world puts on bad art. Whatever is popular is wrong.
People who count their chickens before they are hatched, act very wisely, because chickens run about so absurdly that it read more
People who count their chickens before they are hatched, act very wisely, because chickens run about so absurdly that it is impossible to count them accurately
Talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you, and at read more
Talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you, and at the end of your first season you will have the reputation of possessing the most perfect social tact
Music is the art which is most nigh to tears and memory.
Music is the art which is most nigh to tears and memory.
Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality
Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality
Foxhunting... the unspeakable pursuing the inedible.
Foxhunting... the unspeakable pursuing the inedible.
Vulgarity is the conduct of other people, just as falsehoods are the truths of other people.
Vulgarity is the conduct of other people, just as falsehoods are the truths of other people.
A sentimentalist is simply one who desires to have the luxury of an emotion without paying for it.
A sentimentalist is simply one who desires to have the luxury of an emotion without paying for it.
