"Other people are quite dreadful. The only..." - Quote by Oscar Wilde
Other people are quite dreadful. The only possible society is oneself.
More by Oscar Wilde
“If we men married the women we deserved, we should have a very bad time of it.”
“Down the long and silent street, The dawn, with silver-sandaled feet, Crept like a frightened girl.”
“Niagara Falls is simply a vast unnecessary amount of water going over the wrong way and then falling over unnecessary cliffs...The wonder would be if the water did not fall.”
More on Solitude
“Solitude is for me a fount of healing which makes my life worth living. Talking is often a torment for me, and I need many days of silence to recover from the futility of words.”
“The individual who has experienced solitude will not easily become a victim of mass suggestion.”
“The only thing that can spoil a day is people and if you can keep from making engagements, every day has no limits.”
More on Society
“But are they all horrid, are you sure they are all horrid? [Referring to Gothic novels, fashionable in England at the beginning of the 19th century, but frowned upon in polite society.]”
“America is a vast conspiracy to make you happy.”
“Why are the people starving?-Because their grain is being eaten up by the taxesThat's why they're starvingWhy are people rebellious?-Because those above them meddle in their livesThat's why they're rebelliousWhy do people regard death so lightly?-Because they are so involved with their own livingThat's why they regard death so lightlyIn the end,The treasure of life is missed by those who hold onand gained by those who let go”