Alas, I am dying beyond my means.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Oscar Wilde Quotes

Shallow sorrows and shallow loves live on. The loves and sorrows that are great are...

Shallow sorrows and shallow loves live on. The loves and sorrows that are great are...

It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadays saying things against one, behind...

It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadays saying things against one, behind...

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair...

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair...

It was only a sunny smile and little it cost in the giving but like...

It was only a sunny smile and little it cost in the giving but like...

It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.

It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.

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,...

Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the...

Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the...

Everything popular is wrong.

Everything popular is wrong.

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.

To give and not expect return, that is what lies at the heart of love.

To give and not expect return, that is what lies at the heart of love.

Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.

Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.

A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.

A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.

Extravagance is the luxury of the poor; penury is the luxury of the rich

Extravagance is the luxury of the poor; penury is the luxury of the rich

It is always a silly thing to give advice, but to give good advice is...

It is always a silly thing to give advice, but to give good advice is...

Murder is always a mistake - one should never do anything one cannot talk about...

Murder is always a mistake - one should never do anything one cannot talk about...

From the point of view of literature Mr. Kipling is a genius who drops his...

From the point of view of literature Mr. Kipling is a genius who drops his...

How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive.

How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive.

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that...

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that...

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...