Quotes by Wilde, Oscar

It is a sad truth, but we have lost the faculty of giving lovely names >>

I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex. >>

Self-denial is the shining sore on the leprous body of Christianity. >>

Quotations about Talkativeness

No man ever listened himself out of a job. >>

I think one's feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be >>

What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say. >>

I like to do all the talking myself. It saves time, and prevents arguments.

Wilde, Oscar