" All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their own peril. Those who read the symbol do so at their own peril. "

Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, the preface Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 – 1900)

" The basis of optimism is sheer terror. "

Oscar Wilde Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 – 1900)

" Like dear St. Francis of Assisi I am wedded to Poverty: but in my case the marriage is not a success. "

Oscar Wilde, , in a letter to his friend, Frances Forbes-Robertson, who had invited him to her wedding in London, but Wilde was Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 – 1900)

" Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you. "

Oscar Wilde Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 – 1900)

" I think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability. "

Oscar Wilde Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 – 1900)

" It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution. "

Oscar Wilde Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 – 1900)

" The English country gentleman galloping after a fox — the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable. "

Oscar Wilde Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 – 1900)

" To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance. "

Oscar Wilde Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 – 1900)

" Science is the record of dead religions. "

Oscar Wilde Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 – 1900)

" A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies. "

Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891 Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 – 1900)

" Journalism justifies its own existence by the great Darwinian principle of the survival of the vulgarist. "

Oscar Wilde Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 – 1900)

" Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life. "

Oscar Wilde Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 – 1900)

" There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up. "

Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891 Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 – 1900)

" As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular. "

Oscar Wilde Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 – 1900)

" There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written or badly written. "

Oscar Wilde Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 – 1900)

" One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards. "

Oscar Wilde Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 – 1900)

" The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple. "

Oscar Wilde Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 – 1900)

" There is no sin except stupidity. "

Oscar Wilde Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 – 1900)

" Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative. "

Oscar Wilde Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 – 1900)

" Chastity is the greatest form of perversion. "

Oscar Wilde Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 – 1900)

" Vile deeds like poison weeds bloom well in prison air, it is only what is good in man, that wastes and withers there. "

Oscar Wilde, The Ballad of Reading Gaol Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 – 1900)

" A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies. "

Oscar Wilde Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 – 1900)

" Divorces are made in heaven. "

Oscar Wilde Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 – 1900)

" Beauty is the wonder of wonders. It is only the shallow people who do not judge by appearances. "

Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 – 1900)

" We can forgive a man for making a useful thing as long as he does not admire it. The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely. All art is quite useless. "

Oscar Wilde, A Picture of Dorian Grey – Preface Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 – 1900)

" Philanthropic people lose all sense of Humanity, it is their distinguishing characteristic. "

Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Grey Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 – 1900)

" Work is the curse of the drinking class. "

Oscar Wilde Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 – 1900)

" Most modern calendars mar the sweet simplicity of our lives by reminding us that each day that passes is the anniversary of some perfectly uninteresting event. "

Oscar Wilde Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 – 1900)

" Art is the most intense form of individualism that the world has known. "

Oscar Wilde Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 – 1900)

" All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling. "

Oscar Wilde Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 – 1900)

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