Oscar Wilde

"Anything that is overdue is romantic."

"I believe that if one man were to die tomorrow, on his grave should be written these words: 'The Poor Dreamer' But now I want so to be made a Realist."

"Diversity of opinion about a question is the sign of virtue in a free people."

"I like men who have a future and women who have a past."

"There is enough suffering in the world without adding to it unnecessarily."

"The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary."

"An ideal husband is any man who has learned to say 'my dear' instead of 'I told you so.'"

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

"The way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it and see what follows."

"I have a terrible fear that I am dying. I'm afraid I'm going to die."

"The privilege of the great is to watch suffering."

"Life imitates art far more than art imitates life."

"I have very simple tastes. I'm always satisfied with the best."

"Most women are so artificial that they have no effect whatsoever on me."

"I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them."

"Anybody can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend's success."

"The only way to comprehend a man is to love him."

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

"A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her."

"What is the world coming to when one cannot even depend upon the labels on bottles?"

"The very truth is these days damned."

"Self-denial is not a thing that should be shown off."

"In matters of great importance, style, not sincerity, is the vital thing."

"The only difference between a saint and a sinner is that every saint has a past and every sinner has a future."

"Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative."

"I can forgive Alfred for dying but a man of his history should have had more consideration."

"The paradox is only the truth standing on its head to attract attention."

"There is something in the noble air of Tragedy which purifies the soul."

"I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and often convincing."

"In love, as in life, the great commandment is: do not be a bore."