Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of others

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Curiosity Quotes

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.

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 soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. And...

The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. And...

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.

The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.

An ordinary man away from home giving advice.

An ordinary man away from home giving advice.

To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim

To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim

One should never trust a woman who tells her real age. If she tells that,...

One should never trust a woman who tells her real age. If she tells that,...

We degenerate into hideous puppets, haunted by the memory of the passions of which we...

We degenerate into hideous puppets, haunted by the memory of the passions of which we...

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always...

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always...

All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.

All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.

By persistently remaining single a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.

By persistently remaining single a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.

A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.

All great ideas are dangerous.

All great ideas are dangerous.

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.

While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the...

While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the...

It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner...

It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner...

Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally...

Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally...

Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.

Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.