Oscar Wilde ( 10 of 342 )
His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be
His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be
Men always want to be a woman's first love. That is their clumsy vanity. We woman have a more subtle read more
Men always want to be a woman's first love. That is their clumsy vanity. We woman have a more subtle instinct about things. What we like is to be a man's last romance.
Good taste is the excuse I've always given for leading such a bad life.
Good taste is the excuse I've always given for leading such a bad life.
They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever.
They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever.
The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can be analyzed, women merely adored.
The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can be analyzed, women merely adored.
The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.
The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.
Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends up blocking his retreat.
Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends up blocking his retreat.
An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.
An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.
To get back one's youth one has merely to repeat one's follies
To get back one's youth one has merely to repeat one's follies
Scandal: gossip made tedious by morality.
Scandal: gossip made tedious by morality.
