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  • Oscar Wilde Quotes   1859
  • There are three kinds of despots. There is the despot who tyrannizes over the body. There is the despot who tyrannizes over the soul. There is the despot who tyrannizes over the soul and body alike. The first is called the Prince. The second is called the Pope. The third is called the People.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Oscar Wilde Quotes , Government Quotes , Soul And Body Quotes
  • Miss Prism: And you do not seem to realize, dear Doctor, that by persistently remaining single, a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation. Men should be more careful; this very celibacy leads weaker vessels astray. Chasuble: But is a man not equally attractive when married? Miss Prism: No married man is ever attractive except to his wife. Chasuble: And often, I've been told, not even to her.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Oscar Wilde Quotes , Men Quotes , Doctors Quotes
  • I must say to myself that I ruined myself, and that nobody great or small can be ruined except by his own hand. I am quite ready to say so. ... Terrible as was what the world did to me, what I did to myself was far more terrible still.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Oscar Wilde Quotes , Hands Quotes , World Quotes