Oscar Wilde ( 10 of 342 )
It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadayssaying things against one, behind one's back, that are absolutely and read more
It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadayssaying things against one, behind one's back, that are absolutely and entirely true.
I have nothing to declare but my genius.
I have nothing to declare but my genius.
It (cricket) requires one to assume such indecent postures
It (cricket) requires one to assume such indecent postures
There is no such thing as a good influence. Because to influence a person is to give him one's own read more
There is no such thing as a good influence. Because to influence a person is to give him one's own soul. He does not think his natural thoughts, or burn with his natural passions. His virtures are not real to him. His sins, if there are such thing as sins, are borrowed. He becomes an echo of someone else's music, an actor of a part that has not been written for him.
Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.
Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.
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.
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
When I was young, I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old, read more
When I was young, I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old, I know it is
Vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people.
Vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people.
