For, try as we may, we cannot get behind the appearence of things to reality. And the terrible reason may be that there is no reality in the things apart from their appearences.
Oscar WildeTo make a good salad is to be a brilliant diplomatist - the problem is entirely the same in both cases. To know exactly how much oil one must put with one's vinegar.
Oscar WildeAn artist should create beautiful things, but should put nothing of his own life into them.
Oscar WildeThere is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
Oscar Wilde