Oscar Wilde Quotes [Part 1]

"A cigarette is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure. 

It is exquisite, and it leaves one unsatisfied. 

What more can one want?"

“A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.”

"A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, 

and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world."

“A good friend will always stab you in the front.”

"A kiss may ruin a human life."

"A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal."

"A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her."

"A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies."

"A man is very apt to complain of the ingratitude of those who have risen far above him."

"A man who moralizes is usually a hypocrite, and a woman who moralizes is invariably plain."

“A man’s face is his autobiography. A woman’s face is her work of fiction.”

"A man's very highest moment is, 

I have no doubt at all, 

when he kneels in the dust, 

and beats his breast, 

and tells all the sins of his life."

"A map of the world that does not include Utopia 

is not worth even glancing at, for it leaves out the one country 

at which Humanity is always landing."

"A person who, because he has corns himself, always treads on other people's toes."

"A pessimist is one who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both."

"A poet can survive anything but a misprint."

"A sentimentalist is simply one who desires to have 

the luxury of an emotion without paying for it."

“A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.”

"A true gentleman is one who is never unintentionally rude."

"Absolute catholicity of taste is not without its dangers. 

It is only an auctioneer who should admire all schools of art."

"Action is the last resource of those who know not how to dream."

"Alas, I am dying beyond my means."

"All art is quite useless"

"All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction."

"All trials are trials for one's life, just as all sentences are sentences of death."