Cleverness becomes a public nuisance. Oscar Wilde More Quotes by Oscar Wilde More Quotes From Oscar Wilde The best revenge is to live well. Oscar Wilde live-wellstay-strongrevenge You love the beauty that you can see and touch and handle, the beauty that you can destroy, and do destroy, but of the unseen beauty of life, of the unseen beauty of a higher life, you know nothing. Oscar Wilde beauty-of-lifeunseenhigher Lying, the telling of beautiful untrue things, is the proper aim of Art. Oscar Wilde beautifullyingart The true perfection of man lies not in what man has, but in what man is. Oscar Wilde inspirationalmenlying Some things are more precious because they don't last long. Oscar Wilde lastslongdeath Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. Second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience. Oscar Wilde marriagecouplefunny She wore far too much rouge last night and not quite enough clothes. That is always a sign of despair in a woman. Oscar Wilde maturityfashionnight The only way a woman can ever reform a man is by boring him so completely that he loses all possible interest in life. Oscar Wilde break-uplifefunny Wherever there is a man who exercises authority, there is a man who resists authority. Oscar Wilde powerleadershipexercise I can't stand people that do not take food seriously. Oscar Wilde cookingfoodpeople Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement. Oscar Wilde romanceendsshould The best way to make children good is to make them happy. Oscar Wilde fortune-cookieparentingchildren When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is. Oscar Wilde inspiringlifefunny Life is the art of being well deceived, and to succeed, it must be habitual and uninterrupted. Oscar Wilde deceived-ussucceedart The great things in life are what they seem to be. And for that reason, strange as it may sound to you, often are very difficult to interpret (understand). Great passions are for the great of souls. Great events can only be seen by people who are on a level with them. We think we can have our visions for nothing. We cannot. Even the finest and most self-sacrificing visions have to be paid for. Strangely enough, that is what makes them fine. Oscar Wilde sacrificepassionthinking Yet each man kills the thing he loves By each let this be heard Some do it with a bitter look Some with a flattering word The coward does it with a kiss The brave man with a sword Oscar Wilde betrayalkissingcourage It is only very ugly or very beautiful women who ever hide their faces . Oscar Wilde uglyfacesbeautiful In war," answered the weaver, "the strong make slaves of the weak, and in peace the rich make slaves of the poor. We must work to live, and they give us such mean wages that we die. We toil for them all day long, and they heap up gold in their coffers, and our children fade away before their time, and the faces of those we love become hard and evil. We tread out the grapes, another drinks the wine. We sow the corn, and our own board is empty. We have chains, though no eye beholds them; and are slaves, though men call us free. Oscar Wilde stronglovechildren Men always want to be a woman's first love. That is their clumsy vanity. We women have a more subtle instinct about things. Oscar Wilde inspirationallovemen What you really are is a Bunburyist. I was quite right in saying you were a Bunburyist. You are one of the most advanced Bunburyists I know. Oscar Wilde knows
