Quotes from Oscar Wilde

Grass is hard and lumpy and damp, and full of dreadful black insects.

Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes.

The sitter is merely the accident, the occasion. It is not he who is revealed by the painter; it is rather the painter who, on the coloured canvas, reveals himself. The reason I will not exhibit this picture is that I am afraid that I have shown in it the secret of my own soul.

Well, I can't help going to see Sibyl play, even if it is only for an act. I get hungry for her presence; and when I think of the wonderful soul that is hidden away in that little ivory body, I am filled with awe. You can dine with me to-night, Dorian, can't you? He shook his head. To night she is Imogen, he answered, and tomorrow night she will be Juliet. When is she Sibyl Vane? Never. I congratulate you.

I must remember that a good friend is a new world.

Those who see any difference between soul and body have neither

She is a monster, without being a myth, which is rather unfair.

In examinations the foolish ask questions that the wise cannot answer.

One can live for years sometimes without living at all, and then all life comes crowding into one single hour.

Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of mind over morals.

Men become old, but they never become good.

I don't want to see him alone. He says things that annoy me. He gives me good advice. Lord Henry smiled. People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves. It is what I call the depth of generosity.