Oscar Wilde

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.

The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.

It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.

Conversation should be a duel and not a concert.

I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their good intellects.

A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

One should always be in love. That is the reason why one should never marry.

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.

The only way to behave to a woman is to make love to her if she is pretty, and to some one else if she is plain.

I am not at all sure that I am a human being. I may be a butterfly, or a swan, or a tiger. I am certainly not a man.

I find it harder and harder every day to live up to my blue china.

I have nothing to declare except my genius.

The very rich are no longer content with their money; they are getting to be proud of their virtues.

Don't be afraid of the shadows, it only means there's a light nearby.

I am trying to live up to my blue china, and I am not succeeding.

I like to do things that are a little bit naughty, and a little bit nice.

I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.