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

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Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.

Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go

It is only the modern that ever becomes old fashioned.

It is only the modern that ever becomes old fashioned.

No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.

No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.

People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they...

People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they...

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I...

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I...

The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life.

The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life.

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask,...

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask,...

The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its...

The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its...

Vulgarity is the conduct of other people, just as falsehoods are the truths of other...

Vulgarity is the conduct of other people, just as falsehoods are the truths of other...

Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.

Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.

Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us;...

Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us;...

Most men and women are forced to perform parts for which they have no qualification.

Most men and women are forced to perform parts for which they have no qualification.

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.

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.

He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.

A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.

A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.

To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance

To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance

Most people with low self-esteem have earned it

Most people with low self-esteem have earned it

In sleep a king, but, waking, no such matter

In sleep a king, but, waking, no such matter

Know yourself. Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.

Know yourself. Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.