We live in an age that reads too much to be wise, and that thinks too much to be beautiful.
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The best quotes by Oscar Wilde
You should study the Peerage. It is the one book a young man about town should know thoroughly, and it is the best thing in fiction the English have ever done.
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Youth! There is nothing like youth. The middle-aged are mortgaged to Life. The old are in Life's lumber-room. But youth is the Lord of Life. Youth has a kingdom waiting for it. Every one is born a king, and most people die in exile.
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No crime is vulgar, but all vulgarity is crime.
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Nothing is so dangerous as being too modern; one is apt to grow old fashioned quite suddenly.
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Private information is practically the source of every large, modern fortune.
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Nothing ages like happiness.
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Manners before morals!
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Life is simply a mauvais quart d'heure made up of exquisite moments.
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The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves. The basis of optimism is sheer terror.
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