The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.
OSCAR WILDEThe public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.
OSCAR WILDEEvery saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.
OSCAR WILDEBehind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.
OSCAR WILDEHear no evil, speak no evil, and you won’t be invited to cocktail parties.
OSCAR WILDEAn idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.
OSCAR WILDEI may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to make an ass of yourself.
OSCAR WILDEIt is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.
OSCAR WILDESome cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.
OSCAR WILDEIndeed I have always been of the opinion that hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing to do.
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 WILDEYes: I am a dreamer. For a dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.
OSCAR WILDEThe only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it.
OSCAR WILDEHe has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.
OSCAR WILDEYou can never be overdressed or overeducated.
OSCAR WILDEMorality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people we personally dislike.
OSCAR WILDEThe public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.
OSCAR WILDE