I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.
Oscar WildeIt is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes.
Oscar WildeI hate vulgar realism in literature. The man who would call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one.
Oscar WildeBeauty is a form of Genius--is higher, indeed, than Genius, as it needs no explanation. It is one of the great facts of the world, like sunlight, or springtime, or the reflection in the dark waters of that silver shell we call the moon. It cannot be questioned. It has divine right of sovereignty. It makes princes of those who have it.
Oscar Wilde