The past could always be annihilated. Regret, denial, or forgetfulness could do that. But the future was inevitable.
The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy.
One should absorb the colour of life, but one should never remember its details. Details are always vulgar.
A truth ceases to be true when more than one person believes in it.
Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived.
Pleasure is the only thing one should live for, nothing ages like happiness.
They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever.
Experience is a question of instinct about life.
When bankers get together they talk about art. When artists get together, they talk about money.
I never take any notice to what common people say, and I never interfere with what charming people do.
Pray don’t talk to me about the weather, Mr. Worthing. Whenever people talk to me about the weather, I always feel quite certain that they mean something else. And that makes me quite nervous.
Lying, the telling of beautiful untrue things, is the proper aim of Art.
It is so easy to convince others; it is so difficult to convince oneself.
All great ideas are dangerous.
I am always late on principle, my principle being that punctuality is the thief of time.
Good taste is the excuse I’ve always given for leading such a bad life.
Art only begins where Imitation ends.
All the spring may be hidden in the single bud, and the low ground nest of the lark may hold the joy that is to herald the feet of many rose-red dawns.
A man who takes himself too seriously will find that no one else takes him seriously.
The secret to life is to enjoy the pleasure of being terribly, terribly deceived.