Oscar Wilde

Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.

If one hears bad music, it is one's duty to drown it by one's coversation.

Genius is born, not paid.

I must decline your invitation owing to a subsequent engagement.

This wallpaper is dreadful. One of us has simply got to go.

Action is the last refuge of those who cannot dream.

The only thing one can do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

I love acting. It is so much more real than life.

I am not young enough to know everything. [see J. M. Barrie]