Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship. — Oscar Wilde
By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, journalism keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community. — Oscar Wilde
Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them. — Oscar Wilde
Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter. — Oscar Wilde
Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months. — Oscar Wilde
Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life. — Oscar Wilde
I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world. — Oscar Wilde
I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train. — Oscar Wilde
I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything. — Oscar Wilde
If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all. — Oscar Wilde
If one could only teach the english how to talk, and the irish how to listen, society here would be quite civilized. — Oscar Wilde
If one plays good music, people don’t listen and if one plays bad music people don’t talk. — Oscar Wilde
In america the president reigns for four years, and journalism governs forever and ever. — Oscar Wilde
In america the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience. — Oscar Wilde
In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin. — Oscar Wilde