Oscar Wilde

"An excellent man; he has no enemies; and none of his friends like him."

"I think God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability."

"Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a man's last romance."

"There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating: people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing."

"A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it."

"In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody."

"When I think of all the harm [the Bible] has done, I despair of ever writing anything to equal it."

"Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life."

"I drink to separate my body from my soul."

"A flower blossoms for its own joy."

"One should always be in love. That's the reason one should never marry."

"A man who does not think for himself does not think at all."

"He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends."

"If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life."

"The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray, and the advantage of science is that it is not emotional."

"Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived."

"Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship."

"I don't want to go to heaven. None of my friends are there."

"If you want to be a doormat you have to lay yourself down first."

"Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship."