The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame. OSCAR WILDE BookMoralReadingShameWorld
Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic. OSCAR WILDE BeautifulDeepExistRealityTerrible
Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world’s original sin. If the cave-man had known how to laugh, History would have been different. OSCAR WILDE HistoryHumanityLaughManPastSeriousWorld
If you are not long, I will wait for you all my life. OSCAR WILDE Break UpGoodnessbyeLifeLovePatienceWait
With freedom, flowers, books, and the moon, who could not be perfectly happy? OSCAR WILDE BookFlowerFreedomHappinessMoonPerfection
I have nothing to declare except my genius. OSCAR WILDE AttitudeDeclareGeniusHumourIntelligenceSelf Love
Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation. OSCAR WILDE CharacterIdentityMimicryOpinionPassionPeople
Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them. OSCAR WILDE ChildrenForgivenessGrowJudgementLoveParents
Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul. OSCAR WILDE CureHumanitySadSoul
There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all. OSCAR WILDE BookMoralRealityWriting
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. OSCAR WILDE InspirationalOptimismPerceptionStars
To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable. OSCAR WILDE ExerciseFunnyHumourRespectWorldYouth
Nowadays 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 DieDiscoverMistakePeopleRegretWisdom
There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about. OSCAR WILDE HumourPhilosophySilenceTalkWorldWorst
To lose one parent, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness. OSCAR WILDE CarelessLoseMisfortuneParents
How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being. OSCAR WILDE CoupleExpectationHappinessHumanInsistManMarriageTreatWoman
The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing. OSCAR WILDE CurosityExceptPeopleRumorsWorth
It takes great deal of courage to see the world in all its tainted glory, and still to love it. OSCAR WILDE CourageDealGloryGreatnessLoveWorld
It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious. OSCAR WILDE BadBoreCharmDifferenceGoodnessPeople
Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter. OSCAR WILDE ArtArtistFeelingInspirationalPaintingPatiencePotraitSuccess