Every effect that one produces gives one an enemy. To be popular one must be a mediocrity.
Oscar WildeHow long could you love a woman who didn't love you, Cecil? A woman who didn't love me? Oh, all my life!
Oscar WildeOh, I love London Society! It is entirely composed now of beautiful idiots and brilliant lunatics. Just what Society should be.
Oscar WildeRomance lives by repetition, and repetition converts an appetite into an art. Besides, each time that one loves is the only time one has ever loved. Difference of object does not alter singleness of passion. It merely intensifies it. We can have in life but one great experience at best, and the secret of life is to reproduce that experience as often as possible.
Oscar Wilde