Oscar Wilde, The picture of Dorian Gray quotes
"When critics disagree the artist is in accord with himself."
"Being natural is simply a pose."
"Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul."
"Sin is the only real colour element left in modern life."
"One should absorb the colour of life, but one should never remember its details. Details are always vulgar."
"One should absorb the colour of life, but one should never remember its details. Details are always vulgar."
"We are not sent into the world to air our moral prejudices."
"Beauty is the wonder of wonders. It is only the shallow people who do not judge by appearances."
"...my dear boy, no woman is a genius. They are a decorative sex. They never have anything to say, but they say it charmingly. Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of mind over morals."
"A grand passion is the privelege of people who have nothing to do."
