Beauty is a form of genius - is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs no explanation. It is of the great facts in the world like sunlight, or springtime, or the reflection in dark water of that silver shell…

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Beauty Quotes

Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always...

Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always...

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

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

It is better to be beautiful than to be good, but it is better to...

It is better to be beautiful than to be good, but it is better to...

Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had...

Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had...

Man can believe the impossible, but man can never believe the improbable.

Man can believe the impossible, but man can never believe the improbable.

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...

One can survive everything nowadays, except death, and live down anything, except a good reputation.

One can survive everything nowadays, except death, and live down anything, except a good reputation.

I welcome this opportunity of pricking the bloated bladder of lies with the poniard of...

I welcome this opportunity of pricking the bloated bladder of lies with the poniard of...

The man who can dominate a London dinner-table can dominate the world.

The man who can dominate a London dinner-table can dominate the world.

Everything popular is wrong.

Everything popular is wrong.

Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier...

Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier...

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...

Put your talent into your work, but your genius into your life

Put your talent into your work, but your genius into your life

Talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if...

Talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if...

Don't give a woman advice: one should never give a woman anything she can't wear...

Don't give a woman advice: one should never give a woman anything she can't wear...

Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do

Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do

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...

All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.

All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.

One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare...

One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare...

The cosmos is interesting rather than perfect, and everything is not part of some greater...

The cosmos is interesting rather than perfect, and everything is not part of some greater...