We all take such pains to over-educate ourselves. In the wild struggle for existence, we want to have something that endures, and so we fill our minds with rubbish and facts, in the silly hope of keeping our place. The thoroughly well-informed man – that is the modern ideal. And the mind of the thoroughly […]
Author : Oscar Wilde
The man who sees both sides of a question is a man who sees absolutely nothing. – Oscar Wilde
In old days men had the rack. Now they have the Press. That is an improvement certainly. But still it is very bad, and wrong, and demoralizing. Somebody — was it Burke? — called journalism the fourth estate. That was true at the time no doubt. But at the present moment it is the only […]
To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect. – Oscar Wilde
I can resist everything except temptation. – Oscar Wilde
Life is one fool thing after another whereas love is two fool things after each other. – Oscar Wilde
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. – Oscar Wilde
This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last. – Oscar Wilde
A man who does not think for himself does not think at all. – Oscar Wilde
I would have a workshop attached to every school, and one hour a day given up to the teaching of simple decorative arts. It would be a golden hour to the children. – Oscar Wilde