Science is the record of dead religions. – Oscar Wilde
I know not whether Laws be right or whether Laws be wrong; all that we know who live in gaol is that the wall is strong; and that each day is like a year, a year whose days are long. – Oscar Wilde
For his mourners will be outcast men, and outcasts always mourn. – Oscar Wilde
It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating. – Oscar Wilde
Taste is only to be educated by contemplation, not of the tolerably good but of the truly excellent. I therefore show you only the best works; and when you are grounded in these, you will have a standard for the rest, which you will know how to value, without overrating them. – Johann von Goethe