Oscar Wilde

"The very essence of romance is uncertainty."

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

"There is something about the defiance in resentment that can provide a source of pleasure."

"An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all."

"The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray."

"A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal."

"There is much to be said in favor of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community."

"I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train."

"The only thing that sustains one through life is the consciousness of the immense inferiority of everybody else."

"Common sense is the enemy of romance."

"There should be a law against yellow hats. It would save the sanity of mankind."

"If you are not too long, I never mind waiting for you."

"The only English book worth reading after dinner is the Divorce Court lists."

"It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it."

"I forgot what I was taught. A little learning is a dangerous thing, but I love being in danger."

"Everyone is worthy of love except him who thinks that he is worthy of it."

"Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow."

"It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it."

"The very truth of the matter is this: Fashion is something barbarous, for it produces irritation, struggle, and all mutual hatred."

"I put all my talent into my life and only my genius into my works."

"He invented a new personality for himself, as one might invent a new dress."

"I have never given adoration to anyone except myself."

"Misery and poverty are so absolutely degrading, and exercise such a paralysing effect over the nature of men, that no class is ever really conscious of its own suffering."

"To keep the literary moving, I have come to the conclusion that we must make his social position secure."

"There is a fatality about all physical and mental disorders."

"The only way to behave to a woman is to make love to her, if she is pretty, and to another woman if she is plain."

"I dreamed I was a butterfly. Now I do not know if I am a butterfly dreaming I am a man."

"One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to obtain the necessities of life."

"I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best."

"Thank God I have never felt infinite expectation."