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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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I have nothing to declare except my genuis.

I have nothing to declare except my genuis.

Judges, like the criminal classes, have their lighter moments

Judges, like the criminal classes, have their lighter moments

Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a...

Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a...

He hadn't a single redeeming vice.

He hadn't a single redeeming vice.

It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.

It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.

It is exactly because a man cannot do a thing that he is a proper...

It is exactly because a man cannot do a thing that he is a proper...

The cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

The cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Musical people always want one to be perfectly dumb at the very moment when one...

Musical people always want one to be perfectly dumb at the very moment when one...

Nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman.

Nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman.

While to the claims of charity a man may yield and yet be free, to...

While to the claims of charity a man may yield and yet be free, to...

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

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

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Young people, nowadays, imagine that money is everything, and when they grow older, they know...

Young people, nowadays, imagine that money is everything, and when they grow older, they know...

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it...

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it...

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.

Vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people.

Vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people.

There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else...

There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else...

Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things...

Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things...

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of...

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of...