If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society here would be quite civilized. – Oscar Wilde
The sick do not ask if the hand that smoothes their pillow is pure, nor the dying care if the lips that touch their brow have known the kiss of sin. – Oscar Wilde
When a man has once loved a woman he will do anything for her except continue to love her. – Oscar Wilde
The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties. – Oscar Wilde
The response of anybody interested in liberty is that we all have a say and the ability to have an argument is exactly what liberty is, even though it may never be resolved. In any authoritarian society the possessor of power dictates, and if you try and step outside he will come after you. – Salman Rushdie