I must decline your invitation owing to a subsequent engagement.
Oscar Wilde Quotes
Hear no evil, speak no evil – and you’ll never be invited to a party.
A remarkable characteristic of the Americans is the manner in which they have applied science to modern life – In England an inventor is regarded almost as a crazy man, and in too many instances invention ends in disappointment and poverty. In America an inventor is honored, help is forthcoming, and the exercise of ingenuity, […]
Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of others.
He (George Bernard Shaw) hasn’t an enemy in the world, and none of his friends like him.
Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.
Whenever cannibals are on the brink of starvation, Heaven, in its infinite mercy, sends them a nice plump missionary.
Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love; it is the faithless who know love’s tragedies.
My great mistake, the fault for which I can’t forgive myself, is that one day I ceased my obstinate pursuit of my own individuality.
I won’t tell you that the world matters nothing, all the world’s voice, or the voice of society. They matter a great deal. They matter far too much. But there are moments when one has to choose between living one’s own life, fully, entirely, completely-or dragging out some false, shallow, degrading existence that the world […]
