The absence of old friends one can endure with equanimity. But even a momentary separation from anyone to whom one has just been introduced is almost unbearable.

The absence of old friends one can endure with equanimity. But even a momentary separation from anyone to whom one has just been introduced is almost unbearable.

Oscar Wilde · The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People

Well, the way of paradoxes is the way of truth. To test Reality we must see it on the tight rope. When the Verities become acrobats, we can judge them.

Oscar Wilde · The Picture of Dorian Gray

I admit that I think that it is better to be beautiful than to be good. But on the other hand, no one is more ready than I am to acknowledge that it is better to be good than to be ugly.

Oscar Wilde · The Picture of Dorian Gray

Moderation is a fatal thing. Enough is as bad as a meal. More than enough is as good as a feast.

Oscar Wilde · The Picture of Dorian Gray

There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.

Oscar Wilde · The Picture of Dorian Gray