I always will now. Only once in my life I have forgotten my own mother - that was last night. Oh, if I had remembered her I should not have been so foolish, so wicked. Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan #booksky #quotes #literature

How very, very horrid of them! Shall we go onto the terrace? Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance #booksky #quotes #literature

The artwork shown is The Tube Train, a color linocut created around 1934 by British artist Cyril Power.

In your place I don’t think I should have the smallest scruple in doing so. She is thoroughly well able to take care of herself. Oscar Wilde, An Ideal Husband #booksky #quotes #literature

You came, and within an hour of your leaving the house you are found in a man’s rooms - you are disgraced before every one. Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan #booksky #quotes #literature

Merriman, order the dog-cart at once. Mr. Ernest has been suddenly called back to town. Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest #booksky #quotes #literature

There is undoubtedly a great deal of corruption in American politics. I suppose you allude to that? Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance #booksky #quotes #literature

What sort of a brooch was it that you lost, Mrs. Cheveley? Oscar Wilde, An Ideal Husband #booksky #quotes #literature

How then can women have so much power as you say they have? Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance #booksky #quotes #literature

I did not think you would remember me, Mrs. Cheveley. Oscar Wilde, An Ideal Husband #booksky #quotes #literature

Well, the fact is, father, this is not my day for talking seriously. I am very sorry, but it is not my day. Oscar Wilde, An Ideal Husband #booksky #quotes #literature

I often think it such a pity he never wrote his memoirs. They would have been most interesting. Oscar Wilde, An Ideal Husband #booksky #quotes #literature

I am afraid it is quite clear, Cecily, that neither of us is engaged to be married to any one. Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest #booksky #quotes #literature

I didn’t say it as a matter of conceit. I said it as a matter of regret. I have been wildly, madly adored. I am sorry I have. It has been an immense nuisance. I should like to be allowed a little time to myself now and then. Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan #booksky #quotes #literature

I wish that at the same time she would give you a miniature she kisses every night before she prays - It’s the miniature of a young innocent-looking girl with beautiful dark hair. Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan #booksky #quotes #literature

Certainly, Miss Prism. My little task of reconciliation is over. Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest #booksky #quotes #literature

Well, if you want to know, Cecily happens to be my aunt. Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest #booksky #quotes #literature

If the poor fellow has been entrapped into any foolish promise I shall consider it my duty to rescue him at once, and with a firm hand. Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest #booksky #quotes #literature

Thank you so much, Lady Markby, for England . . . and myself. Oscar Wilde, An Ideal Husband #booksky #quotes #literature

Ukrainian street and architecture photographer Yevhenii Dubrovskyi took this photo of the stark, geometric contrast inside Vienna's Stephansplatz U-Bahn station.

Algy! Can’t you recollect what our father’s Christian name was? Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest #booksky #quotes #literature

What are you saying, Lord Illingworth, about the drum? Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance #booksky #quotes #literature

One’s past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged. Oscar Wilde, An Ideal Husband #booksky #quotes #literature

A very good age to be married at. I have always been of opinion that a man who desires to get married should know either everything or nothing. Which do you know? Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest #booksky #quotes #literature

You are always telling me of your bad qualities, Lord Goring. Oscar Wilde, An Ideal Husband #booksky #quotes #literature

Not in our day. Women have become too brilliant. Nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humour in the woman. Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance #booksky #quotes #literature

For so well-dressed a woman, Mrs. Cheveley, you have moments of admirable common sense. I congratulate you. Oscar Wilde, An Ideal Husband #booksky #quotes #literature

Were I fortunate enough to be Miss Prism’s pupil, I would hang upon her lips. I spoke metaphorically. - My metaphor was drawn from bees. Ahem! Mr. Worthing, I suppose, has not returned from town yet? Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest #booksky #quotes #literature

Robert and I are dining at home by ourselves to-night, and I don’t think I shall go anywhere afterwards. Robert, of course, will have to be in the House. But there is nothing interesting on. Oscar Wilde, An Ideal Husband #booksky #quotes #literature

Gerald, don’t go away with Lord Illingworth. I implore you not to. Gerald, I beg you! Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance #booksky #quotes #literature