"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go."

Wilde, Oscar | Happiness | 9 bookmarks

"Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast."

Wilde, Oscar | Food and Eating | 4 bookmarks

"Genius lasts longer than Beauty. That accounts for the fact that we all take such pains to over-educate ourselves."

Wilde, Oscar | Genius | 3 bookmarks

"A true gentleman is one who is never unintentionally rude."

Wilde, Oscar | Gentlemen | 8 bookmarks

"The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is young."

Wilde, Oscar | Age and Aging | 2 bookmarks

"No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating."

Wilde, Oscar | Age and Aging | 2 bookmarks

"Ambition is the last refuge of failure."

Wilde, Oscar | Ambition | 6 bookmarks

"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."

Wilde, Oscar | Goals | 9 bookmarks

"There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about."

Wilde, Oscar | Gossip | 5 bookmarks

"It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadays saying things against one, behind one's back, that are absolutely and entirely true."

Wilde, Oscar | Gossip | 3 bookmarks