Quotes by Wilde, Oscar

He was always late on principle, his principle being that punctuality >>

One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should b >>

Life is too important to be taken seriously. >>

Quotations about Monuments

Monuments are the grappling-irons that bind one generation to another. >>

Deeds, not stones, are the true monuments of the great. >>

If a man needs an elaborate tombstone in order to remain in the memory >>

If a man needs an elaborate tombstone in order to remain in the memory of his country, it is clear that his living at all was an act of absolute superfluity.

Wilde, Oscar