Wilde

Famous quotes containing the word wilde:

“The Americans are certainly hero-worshippers, and always take their heroes from the criminal classes.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

“What between the duties expected of one during one’s lifetime, and the duties exacted from one after one’s death, land has ceased to be either a profit or a pleasure. It gives one position, and prevents one from keeping it up. That’s all that can be said about land.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

“It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But ... it is better to be good than to be ugly.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)