If a friend of mine gave a feast, and did not invite me to it, I shoul…

Oscar Wilde
1401 citations
If a friend of mine gave a feast, and did not invite me to it, I should not mind a bit. But if a friend of mine had a sorrow and refused to allow me to share it, I should feel it most bitterly. ✨ Oscar Wilde (1999). De Profundis: The Ballad of Reading Gaol and Other Writings, p.86, Wordsworth Editions
Reading Sadness Thought
10

More Author Quotes

The man who says he has exhausted life generally means that life has exhausted him.
Yet each man kills the thing he loves, By each let this be heard, Some do it with a bitter look, Some with a flattering word, The coward does it with a kiss, The brave man with a sword! Some kill the … ▶
Thinking is wonderful, but the experience is even more wonderful.
My dear Algy, you talk exactly as if you were a dentist. It is very vulgar to talk like a dentist when one isn't a dentist. It produces false impression ✨ 'The Importance of Being Earnest' (1895) act … ▶
Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing. ✨ Oscar Wilde (2015). The Critic as Artist (Upon the Importance of Doing Nothing and Discussing Everything), p.57, Mond … ▶

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes