Oscar Wilde Quotes

"Philanthropy seems to me to have become simply the refuge of people who wish to annoy their fellow-creatures." ~ An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde "But there is one thing worse than an absolutely loveless marriage. A marriage in which there is love, but on one side only; faith, but on one side only; devotion, but on one side only, and in which of the two hearts one is sure to be broken." ~ An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde "Ah! the strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can be analysed, women . . . merely adored." ~ An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde "Moderation is a fatal thing, Lady Hunstanton. Nothing succeeds like excess." ~ A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde "After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations." ~ A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde "Men always want to be a woman's first love. That is their clumsy vanity. We women have a more subtle instinct about things. What we like is to be a man's last romance." ~ A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde "Every woman is a rebel, and usually in wild revolt against herself." ~ A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde "One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age. A woman who would tell one that, would tell one anything." ~ A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde "Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation." ~ A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde "Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast." ~ An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde