Oscar Wilde

“The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.”

— Oscar Wilde · Intentions, 1891

“To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.”

— Oscar Wilde · An Ideal Husband, 1895

“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.”

— Oscar Wilde · The Importance of Being Earnest, 1895

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

— Oscar Wilde · Intentions, 1891

“The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.”

— Oscar Wilde · Intentions, 1891

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”

— Oscar Wilde · The Soul of Man Under Socialism, 1891

“Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.”

— Oscar Wilde · Lady Windermere's Fan, 1892