Quotes
Quotes - Wilde
Yet each man kills the thing he loves,
By each let this be heard,
Some do it with a bitter look,
Some with a flattering word,
The coward does it with a kiss,
The brave man with a sword.
All that we know who lie in gaol
Is that the wall is strong;
And that each day is like a year,
A year whose days are long.
The vilest deeds like poison-weeds
Bloom well in prison-air:
It is only what is good in Man
That wastes and withers there:
Pale Anguish keeps the heavy gate
And the Warder is Despair.
The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
He knew the precise psychological moment when to say nothing.
As long as war is regarded as wicked it will always have its fascinations. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.
Where there is sorrow there is holy ground.
It is through Art and through Art only that we can realize our perfection; through Art and Art only that we can shield ourselves from the sordid perils of actual existence.
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall.
Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall.
There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel that no one else has the right to blame us.
Life is too important to be taken seriously.
Either that wallpaper goes, or I do.
Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
Only cynics know the price of everything and the value of nothing.
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.
Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall.
Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
The only thing one can do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.
Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others.
The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything. Except what is worth knowing. Journalism, conscious of this, and having tradesman-like habits, supplies their demands.
The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.
