Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative. Oscar Wilde conversationrefugeunimaginative Change image and share on social
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 beautycolourjoy Change image and share on social
Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive us everything, even our gigantic intellects. Oscar Wilde defectforgivegigantic Change image and share on social
As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she is perfectly satisfied. Oscar Wilde daughterlongperfectly Change image and share on social
The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future. Oscar Wilde differencefuturepast Change image and share on social
When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers. Oscar Wilde answergodprayer Change image and share on social
To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect. Oscar Wilde expectintellectmodern Change image and share on social
Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to. Oscar Wilde couragerequirestrength Change image and share on social
Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them. Oscar Wilde beginchildforgive Change image and share on social
If a work of art is rich and vital and complete, those who have artistic instincts will see its beauty, and those to whom ethics appeal more strongly than aesthetics will see its moral lesson. It will fill the cowardly with terror, and the unclean will see in it their own shame. Oscar Wilde aestheticappealart share on social
