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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To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.

To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.

What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do,...

What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do,...

I have nothing to declare but my genius.

I have nothing to declare but my genius.

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

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

Authority is quite degrading

Authority is quite degrading

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Hear no evil, speak no evil - and you'll never be invited to a party

Hear no evil, speak no evil - and you'll never be invited to a party

It is only the modern that ever becomes old-fashioned.

It is only the modern that ever becomes old-fashioned.

The security of Society lies in custom and unconscious instinct, and the basis of the...

The security of Society lies in custom and unconscious instinct, and the basis of the...

It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take...

It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take...

Art is the most intense mode of invidualism that the world has known.

Art is the most intense mode of invidualism that the world has known.

Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying.

Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying.

No crime is vulgar, but all vulgarity is crime

No crime is vulgar, but all vulgarity is crime

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing.

Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing.

Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry,...

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry,...

If we seek the pleasures of love, passion should be occasional and common sense continual.

If we seek the pleasures of love, passion should be occasional and common sense continual.

Anything you build on a large scale or with intense passion invites chaos

Anything you build on a large scale or with intense passion invites chaos