Bad people are, from the point of view of art, fascinating studies. They represent colour, variety and strangeness. Good people exasperate one's reason; bad people stir one's imagination.
Oscar Wilde
When the gods wish to punish u…
When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.
Oscar Wilde
When a man has once loved a wo…
When a man has once loved a woman he will do anything for her except continue to love her.
Oscar Wilde
Man can believe the impossible…
Man can believe the impossible, but man can never believe the improbable.
Oscar Wilde
Writing bores me so. …
Writing bores me so.
Oscar Wilde
Most people die of a sort of c…
Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes.
Oscar Wilde
Moderation is a fatal thing. N…
Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.
Oscar Wilde
What is a cynic? A man who kno…
What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
Oscar Wilde
If you pretend to be good, the…
If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.
Oscar Wilde
Ambition is the last refuge of…
Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.
Oscar Wilde