Oscar Wilde: Zitate auf Englisch (seite 2)

“There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.”

“It takes great deal of courage to see the world in all its tainted glory, and still to love it.”

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

“A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her.”

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

“When the Gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.”

“The optimist sees the donut, the pessimist sees the hole.”

“Every woman is a rebel, and usually in wild revolt against herself.”

“What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise”

“America has never quite forgiven Europe for having been discovered somewhat earlier in history than itself.”

“They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever.”

“The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself.”

“Everything is going to be fine in the end.
If it's not fine it's not the end.”

“Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.”

“Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. Second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience.”

“Nothing spoils romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman”

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

“Nothing should be out of the reach of hope. Life is a hope.”

“Questions are never indiscreet. Answers sometimes are.”