Ambition is the last refuge of the failure. Oscar Wilde ambitionfailurerefuge Change image and share on social
A poet can survive everything but a misprint. Oscar Wilde misprintpoetsurvive Change image and share on social
The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read. Oscar Wilde differencejournalismliterature Change image and share on social
The basis of optimism is sheer terror. Oscar Wilde basisoptimismsheer Change image and share on social
The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life. Oscar Wilde growhappilylife Change image and share on social
Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation. Oscar Wilde livemimicryopinion Change image and share on social
Literature must rest always on a principle, and temporal considerations are no principle at all. For, to the poet, all times and places are one; the stuff he deals with is eternal and eternally the same: no theme is inept, no past or present preferable. Oscar Wilde considerationdealeternal share on social
Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative. Oscar Wilde consistencyrefugeunimaginative Change image and share on social
Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship. Oscar Wilde enmityfriendshiplove Change image and share on social
There's nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It's a thing no married man knows anything about. Oscar Wilde devotionmanmarry Change image and share on social
