The Sayings of Oscar Wilde

'I can resist everything except temptation' 'All women become like their mothers; this is their tragedy.

No man does; that is his' 'All bad art is the result of good intentions' 'To love oneself is the beginning of lifelong romance' It is impossible to imagine the universe, someone said, without Wilde's epigrams.

Their secret is that they can be at once true and false.

As we absorb the paradox, our view of life is extended and enlarged.

Here, in small compass, is a collection of more than four hundred of Wilde's best sayings, culled from his plays and other writings.

Wilde's wit is never ponderous or pretentious. Like Falstaff, Wilde is not only gay himself, but the inspiration of gaiety in others.