Quotes by Wilde, Oscar

We who live in prison, and in whose lives there is no event but sorrow >>

The only difference between a caprice and a life-long passion is that >>

A sentimentalist is simply one who desires to have the luxury of an em >>

Quotations about Goodness

A man, to be greatly good, must imagine intensely and comprehensively; >>

If goodness were only a theory, it were a pity it should be lost to th >>

It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled >>

To be good, according to the vulgar standard of goodness, is obviously quite easy. It merely requires a certain amount of sordid terror, a certain lack of imaginative thought, and a certain low passion for middle-class respectability.

Wilde, Oscar