The only way to atone for being occasionally overdressed is to be massively overeducated. Oscar Wilde More Quotes by Oscar Wilde More Quotes From Oscar Wilde I have said to you to speak the truth is a painful thing. To be forced to tell lies is much worse. Oscar Wilde dishonestyspeaklying Nothing is good in moderation. You cannot know good in anything until you have torn the heart out of it by excess. Oscar Wilde moderationexcessheart When bankers get together they talk about art. When artists get together, they talk about money. Oscar Wilde togetherbankersart Believe me, no civilized man ever regrets a pleasure, and no uncivilized man ever knows what a pleasure is. Oscar Wilde regretmenbelieve If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society here would be quite civilized. Oscar Wilde sarcasticwittyfunny Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement. Nothing spoils romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman. When one is in love one always begins by deceiving oneself, and one always ends by deceiving others. This is what the world calls a romance. Oscar Wilde deceiving-othersromanceworld The best people to work for are me, myself and I. Oscar Wilde people With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy? Oscar Wilde flowerhappinessbook What is the good of friendship if one cannot say exactly what one means? Oscar Wilde ifsrelationshipmean One can always be kind to people about whom one cares nothing. Oscar Wilde carecaringpeople Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul. Oscar Wilde spiritualinspirationallife The best art is about individualism, free self-expression and realising a unique, imaginative perspective- A true artist takes no notice whatever of the public. The public are to him non-existent. Oscar Wilde uniqueselfart What fire does not destroy, it hardens Oscar Wilde firedoe Experience is a question of instinct about life. Oscar Wilde instinct Good taste is the excuse I've always given for leading such a bad life Oscar Wilde failureexcusetaste The soul is a terrible reality. It can be bought and sold and bartered away. Oscar Wilde terriblesoulreality In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience. Oscar Wilde 4th-of-julytimeamerica A man's very highest moment is, I have no doubt at all, when he kneels in the dust, and beats his breast, and tells all the sins of his life. Oscar Wilde honestydustmen How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive. Oscar Wilde marriagesarcasticfunny Beauty ...is of the great facts in the world like sunlight, or springtime, or the reflection in dark water of that silver shell we call the moon. Oscar Wilde reflectiondarkart
