¿Y dónde dejas el arte? —preguntó ella. —Es una enfermedad. —¿El amor? —Una ilusión. —¿La religión? —El sucedáneo elegante de la fe. —Eres un escéptico. —¡Jamás! El escepticismo es el comienzo de la fe. —¿Qué eres entonces? —Definir es limitar.

¿le hace feliz su filosofía? —La felicidad no ha sido nunca mi objetivo. ¿Quién quiere felicidad? Siempre he buscado el placer. —¿Y lo ha encontrado, señor Gray? —Con frecuencia. Con demasiada frecuencia. La duquesa suspiró.

Dear Boy, Why don’t you write to me? I don’t know what has become of you.As for me I am ruined. The law suit is going against me and I am afraid I will have to pay costs, which means leaving Oxford and doing some horrid work to earn bread. The world is too much for me.However, I have seen Greece and had some golden days of youth. I go back to Oxford immediately for viva voce and then think of rowing up the river to town with Frank Miles. Will you come? YoursOscar

Soyez vous-même, les autres sont déjà pris.

Man should not be ready to show that he can live like a badly-fed animal. He should decline to live like that.

THE YOUNG SYRIAN:How beautiful is the Princess Salome to-night!THE PAGE OF HERODIAS:You are always looking at her. You look at her too much. It is dangerous to look at people in such fashion. Something terrible may happen.

El sentimiento romántico se alimenta de la repetición, y la repetición convierte un apetito en arte. Además, cada vez que se ama es la única vez que se ha amado nunca. La diversidad del objeto no altera la unicidad de la pasión. Tan sólo la intensifica. En el mejor de los casos, sólo podemos tener una experiencia en la vida, y el secreto es reproducirla con la mayor frecuencia posible.

There are three kinds of despots. There is the despot who tyrannizes over the body. There is the despot who tyrannizes over the soul. There is the despot who tyrannizes over the soul and body alike. The first is called the Prince. The second is called the Pope. The third is called the People.

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live. It is asking other people to live as one wishes to live.