Oscar Wilde

I want to be good. I can’t bear the idea of my soul being hideous.

Oscar Wilde

I was wrong. God’s law is only Love.

Oscar Wilde

If a friend of mine gave a feast, and did not invite me to it, I should not mind a bit. But if a friend of mine had a sorrow and refused to allow me to share it, I should feel it most bitterly.

Oscar Wilde

If a man needs an elaborate tombstone in order to remain in the memory of his country, it is clear that his living at all was an act of absolute superfluity.

Oscar Wilde

If a man treats life artistically, his brain is his heart.

Oscar Wilde

If a woman wants to hold a man she has merely to appeal to what is worst in him.

Oscar Wilde

If I am occasionally a little over-dressed, I make up for it by being always immensely over-educated.

Oscar Wilde

If it is not nailed to the floor, it’s mine. If I can pry it loose, it is not nailed down.

Oscar Wilde

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.

Oscar Wilde

If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society here would be quite civilized.

Oscar Wilde