The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a great deal too much for it. Oscar Wilde
It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes. Oscar Wilde
Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to. Oscar Wilde
I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it is simply a tragedy. Oscar Wilde
There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with the colour, the beauty, the joy of life. The less said about life's sores the better. Oscar Wilde
What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do, is to revive the old art of Lying. Oscar Wilde
In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin. Oscar Wilde