Oscar Wilde

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not, and a sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is.

The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame.

I am not young enough to know everything.

A man who pays his bills on time is soon forgotten

Who, being loved, is poor?

Don’t worry about the world coming to an end today. It’s already tomorrow in Australia.

Our care should not be to have lived long as to have lived enough.

Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use.

I am not prejudiced in any way.

I mean, if you degrade someone, you isolate them, you control them, you call them names, you demean them. That’s a horrible existence for people.

I define nothing. Not beauty, not patriotism. I take each thing as it is, without prior rules about what it should be.

People living deeply have no fear of death.

Truly great madness cannot be achieved without significant intelligence.

There is nothing to search for; everything you seek is already within.

Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason so few engage in it.

Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.

When you cease to exist, then who will you blame?

A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized.

You are writing your children’s future with your answers.

A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.