Illusion is the first of all pleasures.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Illusions Quotes, Pleasure Quotes

You know what a woman's curiosity is

You know what a woman's curiosity is

There is luxury in self reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else...

There is luxury in self reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else...

It (cricket) requires one to assume such indecent postures

It (cricket) requires one to assume such indecent postures

It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner...

It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner...

It is very vulgar to talk about one's business. Only people like stockbrokers do that,...

It is very vulgar to talk about one's business. Only people like stockbrokers do that,...

I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It...

I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It...

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious.

Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious.

The only real people are the people who never existed

The only real people are the people who never existed

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.

It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.

While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the...

While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the...

All trials are trials for one's life, just as all sentences are sentences of death.

All trials are trials for one's life, just as all sentences are sentences of death.

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than...

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than...

I have met a lot of hardboiled eggs in my time, but you're twenty minutes.

I have met a lot of hardboiled eggs in my time, but you're twenty minutes.

In marriage, as in war, it is permitted to take every advantage of the enemy.

In marriage, as in war, it is permitted to take every advantage of the enemy.

The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.

The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.

Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.

Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.

May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong,...

May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong,...