Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

"Beauty has as many meanings as man has moods. Beauty is the symbol of symbols. Beauty reveals everything, because it expresses nothing. When it shows us itself, it shows us the whole fiery-coloured world."
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"Beauty has as many meanings as man has moods. Beauty is the symbol of symbols. Beauty reveals everything, because it expresses nothing. When it shows us itself, it shows us the whole fiery-coloured world."
Oscar Wilde
"She is a peacock in everything but beauty."
Oscar Wilde
"Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them."
Oscar Wilde
"Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much."
Oscar Wilde
"The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties."
Oscar Wilde
"There is nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It is a thing no married man knows anything about."
Oscar Wilde
"How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive."
Oscar Wilde
"One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry."
Oscar Wilde
"Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious."
Oscar Wilde
"If there was less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world."
Oscar Wilde
"There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with the colour, the beauty, the joy of life. The less said about life's sores the better."
Oscar Wilde
"No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist."
Oscar Wilde
"You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you have never had the courage to commit."
Oscar Wilde
"Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes."
Oscar Wilde
"I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability."
Oscar Wilde
"Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not."
Oscar Wilde
"It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to be good than to be ugly."
Oscar Wilde
"In designing the scenery and costumes for any of Shakespeare's plays, the first thing the artist has to settle is the best date for the drama. This should be determined by the general spirit of the play more than by any actual historical references which may occur in it."
Oscar Wilde
"Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one."
Oscar Wilde
"Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious; both are disappointed."
Oscar Wilde
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