Oscar Wilde Quotes

It is the stupid and the ugly who have the best of it in this world

I don't want to earn my living, I want to live.

It is through art, and through art only, that we can realize our perfection; through art and art only that we can shield ourselves from the sordid perils of actual existence.

Hiç evlenme, Dorian. Erkek, yorgun düştüğü için evlenir, kadın merak duyduğu için. İkisi de hayal kırıklığına uğrarlar.

Children begin by loving their parents. After a time they judge them. Rarely if ever do they forgive them.

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.

Zniosę brutalną siłę, ale brutalny rozsądek jest absolutnie nie do zniesienia. Posługiwanie się nim jest nie fair. To cios poniżej intelektu

Young people, nowadays, imagine that money is everything.

Yes, murmured Lord Henry, settling his button-hole in his coat; and when they grow older they know it.

For what man has sought for is, indeed, neither pain nor pleasure, but simply Life. Man has sought to live intensely, fully, perfectly. When he can do so without exercising restraint on others, or suffering it ever, and his activities are all pleasurable to him, he will be saner, healthier, more civilised, more himself. Pleasure is Nature's test, her sign of approval. When man is happy, he is in harmony with himself and his environment.

Expression is as necessary to me as leaf and blossoms are to the black branches of the trees that show themselves above the prison walls and are so restless in the wind. Between my art and the world there is now a wide gulf, but between art and myself there is none. I hope at least that there is none.

Memory is the diary we all carry about with us.

In matters of grave importance, style, not sincerity, is the vital thing.

I find him in the curves of certain lines, in the loveliness and subtleties of certain colours.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves. It is what I call the depth of generosity.