The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
We can forgive a man for making a useful thing as long as he does not admire it.Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
To define is to limit.Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written.Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is hitting below the intellect.Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
Conscience and cowardice are really the same things…Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For them there is hope.Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray