Wilde

Famous quotes containing the word wilde:

“Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

“Society often forgives the criminal; it never forgives the dreamer.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

“The nineteenth century is a turning point in history, simply on account of the work of two men, Darwin and Renan, the one the critic of the Book of Nature, the other the critic of the books of God. Not to recognise this is to miss the meaning of one of the most important eras in the progress of the world.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)