I don’t want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.
OSCAR WILDEI don’t want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.
OSCAR WILDEIf one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.
OSCAR WILDEAn idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.
OSCAR WILDEWhenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.
OSCAR WILDEAnybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend’s success.
OSCAR WILDEI can resist anything except temptation.
OSCAR WILDEWhen one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one’s self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.
OSCAR WILDEArt is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious.
OSCAR WILDEHe has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.
OSCAR WILDEAnyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.
OSCAR WILDEThe very essence of romance is uncertainty.
OSCAR WILDEMan is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
OSCAR WILDEThe basis of optimism is sheer terror.
OSCAR WILDEEvery portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.
OSCAR WILDEThe world is changed because you are made of ivory and gold. The curves of your lips rewrite history.
OSCAR WILDESome things are more precious because they don’t last long.
OSCAR WILDE