Oscar Wilde ( 10 of 342 )
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.
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.
To have the reputation of possessing the most perfect social tact, talk to every woman as if you loved her, read more
To have the reputation of possessing the most perfect social tact, talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you.
I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.
I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.
Everything popular is wrong.
Everything popular is wrong.
The husbands of very beautiful women belong to the criminal classes.
The husbands of very beautiful women belong to the criminal classes.
Popularity is the one insult I have never suffered.
Popularity is the one insult I have never suffered.
She is absolutely inadmissible into society. Many a woman has a past, but I am told that she has at read more
She is absolutely inadmissible into society. Many a woman has a past, but I am told that she has at least a dozen, and that they all fit.
The security of Society lies in custom and unconscious instinct, and the basis of the stability of Society, as a read more
The security of Society lies in custom and unconscious instinct, and the basis of the stability of Society, as a healthy organism, is the complete absence of any intelligence amongst its members.
Seriousness is the last refuge of the shallow.
Seriousness is the last refuge of the shallow.
