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“My own business always bores me to death. I prefer other people's.”
Oscar Wilde Lady Windermere's Fan
Cecil Graham, Act III
Lady Windermere's Fan (1892)
“Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of others.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
“A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
“In matters of grave importance, style, not sincerity, is the vital thing.”
Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest
Source: The Importance of Being Earnest
“I love talking about nothing, father. It is the only thing I know anything about.”
Lord Goring, Act I
An Ideal Husband (1895)
“Life is not complex. We are complex. Life is simple, and the simple thing is the right thing.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
“Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
Said about Absinthe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absinthe. Quoted in “Letters to the Sphinx from Oscar Wilde: With Reminiscences of the Author" by Ada Leverson (London: Duckworth, 1930)
“I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
“One has a right to judge a man by the effect he has over his friends.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet