Quotes by Wilde, Oscar

A man's very highest moment is, I have no doubt at all, when he kneels >>

There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating --people >>

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live; it is asking others t >>

Quotations about Events

A society which allows an abominable event to burgeon from its dung he >>

Like a kick in the butt, the force of events wakes slumberous talents. >>

In the world we live in everything militates in favor of things that h >>

The great events of life often leave one unmoved; they pass out of consciousness, and, when one thinks of them, become unreal. Even the scarlet flowers of passion seem to grow in the same meadow as the poppies of oblivion.

Wilde, Oscar