The proper basis for marriage is a mutual misunderstanding. Oscar Wilde More Quotes by Oscar Wilde More Quotes From Oscar Wilde Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic. Oscar Wilde appreciate-youstruggleappreciation After playing Chopin, I feel as if I had been weeping over sins that I had never committed, and mourning over tragedies that were not my own. Music always seems to me to produce that effect. It creates for one a past of which one has been ignorant, and fills one with a sense of sorrows that have been hidden from one’s tears. Oscar Wilde mourningignorantpast It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it. Oscar Wilde readingwisdombook The only way to behave to a woman is to make love to her if she is pretty, and to someone else if she is plain. Oscar Wilde womenmaking-loveway Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing. Oscar Wilde angersarcasticfunny Love is a misunderstanding between two fools. Oscar Wilde dreamlovetwo A man who takes himself too seriously will find that no one else takes him seriously. Oscar Wilde men Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result. Oscar Wilde succeeding-in-lifecongratulationssuccess No man dies for what he knows to be true. Men die for what they want to be true, for what some terror in their hearts tells them is not true. Oscar Wilde atheismheartmen Hear no evil, speak no evil, and you won't be invited to cocktail parties. Oscar Wilde speak-no-evilcocktailsparty Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live; it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. And unselfishness is letting other people's lives alone, not interfering with them. Selfishness always aims at uniformity of type. Unselfishness recognizes infinite variety of type as a delightful thing, accepts it, acquiesces in it, enjoys it. Oscar Wilde selfishwishpeople Don't be afraid. There are exquisite things in store for you. This is merely the beginning. Oscar Wilde exquisitestores Wisdom is to have dreams big enough not to lose sight when we pursue them. Oscar Wilde enoughsightdream A true gentleman is one who is never intentionally rude. Oscar Wilde rudenessrudegentleman Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth. Oscar Wilde being-yourselfwittyfunny Those who see any difference between soul and body have neither Oscar Wilde differencessoulsoul-and-body If Nature had been comfortable, mankind would never have invented architecture. Oscar Wilde mankindarchitectureifs To have become a deeper man is the privilege of those who have suffered. Oscar Wilde privilegeadversitymen Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities. Oscar Wilde tributemediocritygenius A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction. Oscar Wilde sarcasticwittyfunny
