Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde was an Irish playwright, poet, and author known for his wit, flamboyant style, and controversial works such as 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' and 'The Importance of Being Earnest'.

"The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself."

Oscar Wilde

"Crying is for plain women. Pretty women go shopping."

Oscar Wilde

"Bosie has insisted on stopping here for sandwiches. He is quite like a narcissus -- so white and gold. I will come either Wednesday or Thursday night to your rooms. Send me a line. Bosie is so tired: he lies like a hyacinth on the sofa, and I worship him. (letter from Oscar Wilde, 1892 - quoted from Love in a dark time by Colm Toibin)."

Oscar Wilde

"I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies."

Oscar Wilde

"We can have in life but one great experience at best, and the secret of life is to reproduce that experience as often as possible."

Oscar Wilde

"I had a strange feeling that Fate had in store for me exquisite joys and exquisite sorrows."

Oscar Wilde

"Yet the roses are not less lovely for all that."

Oscar Wilde