Quotes by Wilde, Oscar

Ambition is the last refuge of failure. >>

Examinations, sir, are pure humbug from beginning to end. If a man is >>

As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them, of course, but one cannot >>

Quotations about Beauty

Beauty always promises, but never gives anything. >>

Being is desirable because it is identical with Beauty, and Beauty is >>

By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, >>

Beauty is a form of genius -- is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs no explanation. It is of the great facts in the world like sunlight, or springtime, or the reflection in dark water of that silver shell we call the moon.

Wilde, Oscar