Indeed, in many respects she was quite English and was an excellent example of the fact that we have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, the language

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Language Quotes

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

All great ideas are dangerous.

All great ideas are dangerous.

God and other artists are always a little obscure.

God and other artists are always a little obscure.

Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

My duty as a gentleman has never interfered with my pleasures in the smallest degree.

My duty as a gentleman has never interfered with my pleasures in the smallest degree.

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

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

There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with...

There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with...

No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.

No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.

Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead...

Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead...

Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no...

Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no...

Now it seems to me that love of some kind is the only possible explanation...

Now it seems to me that love of some kind is the only possible explanation...

I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But...

I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But...

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

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.

A hush is over everything, Silent as women wait for love; The world is waiting...

A hush is over everything, Silent as women wait for love; The world is waiting...

They say real girls ain't never perfect, perfect girls ain't never real.

They say real girls ain't never perfect, perfect girls ain't never real.