“Everything in moderation, including moderation.”ĩ. “Always forgive your enemies nothing annoys them so much.”Ĩ. “If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.”ħ. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.”Ħ. “With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy?”ĥ. “Never love anyone who treats you like you’re ordinary.”Ĥ. Then, and then only, does it come into existence.”ģ. One does not see anything until one sees its beauty. “To look at a thing is very different from seeing a thing. “To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.”Ģ. There’s so much truth and beauty to be found in the thoughts and feelings beneath the clothes.ġ. Perhaps that’s what bored Wilde about a magazine focused solely on fashion. I think that Bella Grace readers, had we been around in 1886, would have appreciated that.īeneath Wilde’s humor is a deep connection to both truth and beauty. His witty, irreverent style reminds me that life is best lived free from the obligation to be what the world thinks you should be.ĭid you know that Wilde once served as the editor of a women’s magazine? It was called The Woman’s World, and Wilde significantly improved its success by implementing changes so that the publication would “deal not merely with what women wear, but with what they think and what they feel.” He writes with a confidence that’s contagious. I’ve always admired poet and playwright Oscar Wilde. Life is best lived free from the obligation to be what the world thinks you should be.
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