Gray's soul had turned to this white g.. Oscar Wilde

Gray's soul had turned to this white girl and bowed in worship before her. To a large extent the lad was his.

Oscar Wilde

Profession: Dramatist
Nationality: Irish

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Nobody is worthy to be loved. The fact that God loves man shows us that in the divine order of ideal things it is written that eternal love is to be given to what is eternally unworthy. Or if that phrase seems to be a bitter one to bear, let us say that everybody is worthy of love, except him who thinks he is.

To look wise is quite as good as understanding a thing, and very much easier.

I never put off till tomorrow what I can possibly do - the day after.

A woman will flirt with anybody in the world as long as other people are looking on.

When the prurient and the impotent attack you, be sure you are right.

The optimist sees the donut, the pessimist sees the hole.

My tastes are simple: I'm easly satisfied with the best.

We spend our days, each one of us, in looking for the secret of life. Well, the secret of life is in art.

The one advantage of playing with fire, Lady Caroline, is that one never gets even singed. It is the people who don't know how to play with it who get burned up.

Pretty child! I was like that once. Now I know that all men are monsters.

It takes great deal of courage to see the world in all its tainted glory, and still to love it.

Well, the way of paradoxes is the way of truth. To test reality we must see it on the tight rope.

Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing."

Could we dig up this long-buried treasure, Were it worth the pleasure, We never could learn love's song, We are parted too long. Could the passionate past that is fled Call back its dead, Could we live it all over again, Were it worth the pain!

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