Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everybody in good society holds exactly the same opinions.
Oscar WildeEvery effect that one produces gives one an enemy. To be popular one must be a mediocrity.
Oscar WildeIt is perfectly monstrous,' he said, at last, 'the way people go about nowadays saying things against one behind one's back that are absolutely and entirely true.
Oscar WildeI really don't see anything romantic in proposing. It is very romantic to be in love. But there is nothing romantic about a definite proposal. Why, one may be accepted. One usually is, I believe. Then the excitement is all over. The very essence of romance is uncertainty. If ever I get married, I'll certainly try to forget the fact.
Oscar Wilde