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  • Oscar Wilde Quotes   1859
  • People say sometimes that Beauty is superficial. That may be so. But at least it is not so superficial as Thought is. To me, Beauty is the wonder of wonders. It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Oscar Wilde Quotes , People Quotes , Judging Quotes
  • This ghastly state of things is what you call Bunburying, I suppose? Algernon. Yes, and a perfectly wonderful Bunbury it is. The most wonderful Bunbury I have ever had in my life. Jack. Well, you've no right whatsoever to Bunbury here. Algernon. That is absurd. One has a right to Bunbury anywhere one chooses. Every serious Bunburyist knows that.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Oscar Wilde Quotes , Serious Quotes , Wonderful Quotes
  • Good resolutions are useless attempts to interfere with scientific laws. Their origin is pure vanity. Their result is absolutely nil. They give us, now and then, some of those luxurious sterile emotions that have a certain charm for the weak.... They are simply cheques that men draw on a bank where they have no account.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Oscar Wilde Quotes , Men Quotes , Vanity Quotes
  • We have been able to have fine poetry in England because the public do not read it, and consequently do not influence it. The public like to insult poets because they are individual, but once they have insulted them, they leave them alone.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Oscar Wilde Quotes , Able Quotes , England Quotes