If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all. Oscar Wilde
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. Oscar Wilde
I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies. Oscar Wilde
Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you. Oscar Wilde
Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. Oscar Wilde
There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about. Oscar Wilde
The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can resist everything but temptation. Oscar Wilde
When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is. Oscar Wilde
Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught. Oscar Wilde
Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them. Oscar Wilde
How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being. 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