Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.
By Oscar Wilde
And the wild regrets, and the bloody sweats,
None knew so well as I:
For he who lives more lives than one
More deaths than one must die.
By Oscar Wilde
An engagement should come on a young girl as a surprise, pleasant or unpleasant, as the case may be. It is hardly a matter that she could be allowed to arrange for herself
By Oscar Wilde
An excellent man; he has no enemies; and none of his friends like him.
By Oscar Wilde
An idea that is not dangerous is not worthy of being called an idea at all
By Oscar Wilde
An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.
By Oscar Wilde
Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.
By Oscar Wilde
Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.
By Oscar Wilde
Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.
By Oscar Wilde
Always forgive your enemies nothing annoys them so much.
By Oscar Wilde
Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.
By Oscar Wilde
America had often been discovered before Columbus, but it had always been hushed up.
By Oscar Wilde
America has been discovered before, but it has always been hushed up.
By Oscar Wilde
All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That’s his.
By Oscar Wilde
All the good things in life are immoral, illegal or heavily taxed.
By Oscar Wilde
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.
By Oscar Wilde
All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.
By Oscar Wilde
Agitators are a set of interfering, meddling people, who come down to some perfectly contented class of the community and sow the seeds of discontent amongst them. That is the reason why agitators are so absolutely necessary.
By Oscar Wilde
Ah, well, then I suppose I shall have to die beyond my means.
By Oscar Wilde
Action is the last refuge of those who cannot dream.
By Oscar Wilde
Action: the last resource of those who know not how to dream.
By Oscar Wilde
About foxhunting: The unspeakable chasing the uneatable.
By Oscar Wilde
A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.
By Oscar Wilde
A visionary is one who can find his way by moonlight, and see the dawn before the rest of the world.
By Oscar Wilde
A well-tied tie is the first serious step in life.
By Oscar Wilde
A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.
By Oscar Wilde
A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.
By Oscar Wilde
A man's very highest moment is, I have no doubt at all, when he kneels in the dust, and beats his breast, and tells all the sins of his life
By Oscar Wilde
