Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us

Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

By : Oscar Wilde

One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.

By : 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.

By : Oscar Wilde

I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.

By : Oscar Wilde

Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes.

By : Oscar Wilde

I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.

By : Oscar Wilde

A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.

By : Oscar Wilde

The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.

By : Oscar Wilde

When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.

By : Oscar Wilde

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.

By : Oscar Wilde

There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.

By : Oscar Wilde

I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.

By : Oscar Wilde