The commonest thing is delightful if only one hides it.
Punctuality is the thief of time
A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her.
Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.
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.
It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible not the invisible.
Men marry because they are tired women, because they are curious both are disappointed.
No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.
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.
In designing the scenery and costumes for any of Shakespeare's plays, the first thing the artist has to settle is the best date for the drama. This should be determined by the general spirit of the pl...
Alcohol, taken in sufficient quantities, may produce all the effects of drunkenness.
Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of others.
The Noblest form of Affection
Lying, the telling of beautiful untrue things, is the proper aim of Art.
nothing that is worth knowing can be taught
Romantic literature is in effect imaginative lying.
If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society here would be quite civilized.
No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.