Oscar Wilde
10 quotes
“Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing. The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891), Ch. 4”
“We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language. The Canterville Ghost (1887)”
“The truth is rarely pure and never simple. The Importance of Being Earnest (1895), Act I”
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all. The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1891)”
“A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. Lady Windermere's Fan (1892), Act III”
“Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about. Lady Windermere's Fan (1892), Act I”
“I can resist anything except temptation. Lady Windermere's Fan (1892), Act I”
“Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes. The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891), Ch. 4”
“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. Lady Windermere's Fan (1892), Act III”
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken”