El laurel se marchita cuando son caducas las manos que lo cogen; sólo la juventud tiene derecho a coronar al artista; y sería ese el oficio de la juventud si se diera cuenta de ello
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Oscar Wilde
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Oh, brothers! I don't care for brothers. My elder brother won't die, and my younger brothers seem never to do anything else.
By Oscar Wilde
Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend's success.
By Oscar Wilde
It is rarely in the world's history that its ideal has been one of joy and beauty. The worship of pain has far more often dominated the world.
By Oscar Wilde
Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault.
By Oscar Wilde
There were moments when he looked on evil simply as a mode through which he could realize his conception of the beautiful.
By Oscar Wilde
I find him in the curves of certain lines, in the loveliness and subtleties of certain colours.
By Oscar Wilde
She is a peacock in everything but beauty!
By Oscar Wilde
A flower blossoms for its own joy.
By Oscar Wilde
I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their good intellects.
By Oscar Wilde
Crying is for plain women. Pretty women go shopping.
By Oscar Wilde
Quelqu'un qui dit la vérité peut être certain qu'un jour ou l'autre il sera découvert.
By Oscar Wilde -1900
Il est beaucoup plus intelligent de dire des choses absurdes que d'en écouter.
By Oscar Wilde -1895
Rien n'a l'air aussi innocent qu'une indiscrétion.
By Oscar Wilde -1900
La vie conjugale est simplement une habitude, une mauvaise habitude.
By Oscar Wilde -1891
De nos jours, il est fort dangereux pour un mari de donner la moindre preuve d'attention à sa femme en public. Les gens pensent toujours qu'il la bat quand ils sont seuls. Le monde est devenu tellement méfiant envers tout ce qui ressemble à un mariage heureux.