Oscar Wilde

The very essence of romance is uncertainty.

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.

The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.

Cynicism is merely the art of seeing things as they really are, instead of as they ought to be.

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are.

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.

Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.

The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what fiction means.

I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their good intellects.

It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.

I am not a young man to be told what to do by a woman.

The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.

Pessimism, when you are young, is a mark of an artistic temperament. When you are old, it's a sign of a bad digestion.

The world has been made by fools that wise men should live in it.

To be natural is such a very difficult pose to keep up.

I have nothing to declare except my genius.

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.