Oscar Wilde

“Hatred is blind, as well as love.”

“There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love.”

“Those whom the gods love grow young.”

“How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.”

“There is nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It is a thing no married man knows anything about.”

“Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious; both are disappointed.”

“There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The poor can think of nothing else.”

“All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.”

“Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.”

“It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.”

“Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement.”

“Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.”

“I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it is simply a tragedy.”

“If there was less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world.”

“The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or near relation.”

“As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.”

“Work is the curse of the drinking classes.”

“It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.”

“If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.”