513 Quotes About Oscar-wilde

Those who pay their bills on time are soon forgotten. It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes.

She...can talk brillantly upon any subject provided she knows nothing about it.

America has never quite forgiven Europe for having been discovered somewhat earlier in history than itself.

How you can sit there, calmly eating muffins when we are in this horrible trouble, I can’t make out. You seem to me to be perfectly heartless.""Well, I can’t eat muffins in an agitated manner. The butter would probably get on my cuffs. One should always eat muffins quite calmly. It is the only way to eat them.""I say it’s perfectly heartless your eating muffins at all, under the circumstances.

No artist desires to prove anything. Even things that are can be proved. No artist has ethical sympathies. An ethical sympathy in an artist is an unpardonable mannerism of style. No artist is ever morbid. The artist can express everything.

I have never felt so alive—so free—so proud. I love my country. I love my America.

The greatest obstacle in understanding the universe is the conformity and fear of truth.

They may think I’m insane because I left my wonderful job. I may think they are insane because they don’t know the value of life.

Always forget to complain, but never forget to appreciate and compliment.