I can believe anything provided it is incredible.
Oscar WildeIn matters of grave importance, style, not sincerity, is the vital thing.
Oscar WildeTags: humor
It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.
Oscar WildeThis ghastly state of things is what you call Bunburying, I suppose?
Algernon. Yes, and a perfectly wonderful Bunbury it is. The most wonderful Bunbury I have ever had in my life.
Jack. Well, you've no right whatsoever to Bunbury here.
Algernon. That is absurd. One has a right to Bunbury anywhere one chooses. Every serious Bunburyist knows that.
Tags: act-ii
The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.
Oscar WildeTags: passion
It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.
Oscar WildeTags: good bad charming tedious
Cecily. This is no time for wearing the shallow mask of manners. When I see a spade I call it a spade.
Gwendolen. [Satirically.] I am glad to say that I have never seen a spade. It is obvious that our social spheres have been widely different.
Tags: act-ii
Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them.
Oscar WildeOne can always be kind to people about whom one cares nothing.
Oscar WildeConscience makes egotists of us all.
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