Oscar Wilde

Any place that we love becomes our world.

Nature is always behind the age

All criticism is a form of autobiography

Travel ennobles the spirit and does away with our prejudices.

The history of women is the history of the worst form of tyranny the world has ever known. The tyranny of the weak over the strong. It is the only tyranny that lasts.

Now, nothing should be able to harm a man except himself. Nothing should be able to rob a man at all. What a man really has, is what is in him. What is outside of him should be a matter of no importance.

A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament. Its beauty comes from the fact that the author is what he is. ...Art is the most intense mode of Individualism that the world has known. I am inclined to say that it is the only real mode of Individualism that the world has known. ...Art is Individualism.

Yes, I am a thorough republican. No other form of government is so favorable to the growth of art. ...because of the importance it places on the individual, their liberty, self-expression, creativity, and personal responsibility.

What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise for which we are later, in the fullness of time and understanding, very grateful for!

People sometimes inquire what form of government is most suitable for an artist to live under. To this question there is only one answer. The form of government that is most suitable to the artist is no government at all.

I dislike modern memoirs. They are generally written by people who have either entirely lost their memories, or have never done anything worth remembering.

If the poor only had profiles there would be no difficulty in solving the problem of poverty

An actor is part illusionist, part artist, part ham.

Life, Lady Stutfield, is simply a mauvais quart d'heure made up of exquisite moments.

When both a speaker and an audience are confused, the speech is profound.

Put your talent into your work, but your genius into your life.

It's beauty that captures your attention. personality which captures your heart.

One's only real life is the life one never leads.

Don't use big words. They mean so little.

There are times when sorrow seems to me to be the only truth.

Placerea este testul naturii, semnul ei aprobator.