The husbands of very beautiful women belong to the criminal classes.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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It (cricket) requires one to assume such indecent postures

It (cricket) requires one to assume such indecent postures

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

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.

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

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

Anybody can write a three-volume novel. It merely requires a complete ignorance of both life...

Anybody can write a three-volume novel. It merely requires a complete ignorance of both life...

Biography lends to death a new terror.

Biography lends to death a new terror.

It is better to be beautiful than to be good, but it is better to...

It is better to be beautiful than to be good, but it is better to...

She is a peacock in everything but beauty

She is a peacock in everything but beauty

One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one

One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on...

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on...

Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.

Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.

You know what a woman's curiosity is.

You know what a woman's curiosity is.

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...

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

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

We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell

We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell

The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.

The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.

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...

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that...

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that...

Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

Ah, well, then I suppose I shall have to die beyond my means.

Ah, well, then I suppose I shall have to die beyond my means.