Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.
One has a right to judge a man by the effect he has over his friends.
I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.
Lying, the telling of beautiful untrue things, is the proper aim of Art.
It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible not the invisible.
Alcohol, taken in sufficient quantities, may produce all the effects of drunkenness.
No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.
Young people, nowadays, imagine that money is everything.Yes, murmured Lord Henry, settling his button-hole in his coat; and when they grow older they know it.
Yet each man kills the thing he lovesBy each let this be heardSome do it with a bitter lookSome with a flattering wordThe coward does it with a kissThe brave man with a sword
Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.
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There were opium-dens, where one could buy oblivion, dens of horror where the memory of old sins could be destroyed by the madness of sins that were new.
Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of others.
If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society here would be quite civilized.
Men marry because they are tired women, because they are curious both are disappointed.
The commonest thing is delightful if only one hides it.
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask and he'll tell you the truth
Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.
A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.
There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel that no one else has a right to blame us. It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.