Oscar Wilde

"The possibility of scandal is what makes people virtuous."

"I never give myself the airs of a prophet, but I do always speak my own mind."

"A woman's place is in the wrong."

"I want the same rights as a man and I want to express those rights in an entirely different way."

"Every great man nowadays has his disciples, and it is always Judas who writes the biography."

"If a man is a gentleman, he knows quite enough, and if he is not a gentleman, whatever he knows is bad for him."

"The truth is rarely pure and never simple."

"I can resist everything except temptation."

"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion."

"Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes."

"I have nothing to declare except my genius."

"Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much."

"To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance."

"The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention."

"I am not at all in a humour for talking. Go away!"

"Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds."

"The only thing I don't like about Christmas is that you can't eat turkey again for a year."

"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go."

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

"The basis of optimism is sheer terror."

"Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about."

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

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

"Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everybody in good society holds exactly the same opinion."

"The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple."

"There is no sin except stupidity."

"The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places."

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

"One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards."