It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Confession Quotes, Guilt Quotes

The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork - Oscar Wilde

The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork - Oscar Wilde

I can believe anything provided it is incredible.

I can believe anything provided it is incredible.

Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground

Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality...

I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality...

A mans face is his autobiography. A women's face is her work of fiction.

A mans face is his autobiography. A women's face is her work of fiction.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

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...

To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.

To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.

Authority is quite degrading

Authority is quite degrading

The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.

The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.

Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.

Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.

Comfort is the only thing our civilization can give us.

Comfort is the only thing our civilization can give us.

No, I am not at all cynical, I have merely got experience, which, however, is...

No, I am not at all cynical, I have merely got experience, which, however, is...

In America, the young are always ready to give to those older than themselves the...

In America, the young are always ready to give to those older than themselves the...

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

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

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

Death will be a great relief. No more interviews.

Death will be a great relief. No more interviews.

Come you masters of war You that build all the guns You that build the...

Come you masters of war You that build all the guns You that build the...