A beautiful woman risking everything for a mad passion. A few wild weeks of happiness cut short by a hideous, treacherous crime. Months of voiceless agony, and then a child born in pain. The mother snatched away by death, the boy left to solitude and the tyranny of an old and loveless man. Yes, it was an interesting background. It posed the lad, made him more perfect as it were. Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.
Oscar WildeAn acquaintance that begins with a compliment is sure to develop into a real friendship.
Oscar WildeFew parents nowadays pay any regard to what their children say to them. The old fashioned respect for the young is fast dying out.
Oscar WildeThe burden of this world is too great for one man to bear, and the worldโs sorrow too heavy for one heart to suffer.
Oscar WildeThe fact is, that civilization requires slaves. Human slavery is wrong, insecure, and demoralizing. On mechanical slavery, on the slavery of the machine, the future of the world depends.
Oscar Wilde