Oscar Wilde Quotes

To most of us the real life is the life we do not lead.

Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.

To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune...to lose both seems like carelessness.

Money cannot bring you happiness, but at least you can be miserable in comfort.

Moderation is the last refuge for the unimaginative.

The one charm of marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.

Yet each man kills the thing he loves. From all let this be heard: some do it with a bitter look, some with a flattering word. The coward does it with a kiss. The brave man with the sword.

There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating -- people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing.

Life is not governed by will or intention. Life is a question of nerves, and fibers, and slowly built-up cells in which thought hides itself, and passion has its dreams.

The aim of life is self-development, to realize one's nature perfectly.

Pleasure is the only thing to live for. Nothing ages like happiness.