As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them, of course, but one cannot possibly admire them. They have made private terms with the enemy, and sold their birthright for very bad pottage. They must also be extraordinarily stupid.
Oscar Wilde"I hope your hair curls naturally, does it?" "Yes, darling, with a little help from others."
Oscar WildeWhen I ask for a water cress sandwich, I do not mean a loaf with a field in the middle of it.
Oscar WildeOne's days were too brief to take the burden of another's errors on one's shoulders. Each man lived his own life and paid his own price for living it.
Oscar Wilde