It is a sad truth, but we have lost the faculty of giving lovely names to things. Names are everything. I never quarrel with actions. My one quarrel is with words. The man who could call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one. It is the only thing he is fit for.
Oscar WildeIf you are going to tell people the truth, you had better make them laugh or they will kill you.
Oscar WildeThere were moments when he looked on evil simply as a mode through which he could realize his conception of the beautiful.
Oscar WildeLife is not complex. We are complex. Life is simple, and the simple thing is the right thing.
Oscar WildeA man is called affected, nowadays, if he dresses as he likes to dress. But in doing that he is acting in a perfectly natural manner. Affectation, in such matters, consists in dressing according to the views of one's neighbour, whose views, as they are the views of the majority, will probably be extremely stupid.
Oscar Wilde