Quotes by Wilde, Oscar

Misfortunes one can endure -- they come from outside, they are acciden >>

It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true my >>

Gossip is charming! History is merely gossip. But scandal is gossip ma >>

Quotations about Biography

Biography is one of the new terrors of death. >>

The facts of a person's life will, like murder, come out. >>

Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theor >>

Formerly we used to canonize our heroes. The modern method is to vulgarize them. Cheap editions of great books may be delightful, but cheap editions of great men are absolutely detestable.

Wilde, Oscar