#ld

A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#before #dawn #dreamer #find #his

When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#am #i #i am #important #important thing

The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can resist everything but temptation. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#get #i #i can #only #resist

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#bad #good #optimism #pretend #seriously

The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#cast #play #stage #world

No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#accurate #age #calculating #ever #her

The Austrians are brilliant people. They made the world believe that Hitler was a German and Beethoven an Austrian. ↗

— Billy Wilder

#beethoven #believe #brilliant #german #hitler

If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#back #chaos #collapse #disappear #environment

A lot of comic actors derive their main force from childish behavior. Most great comics are doing such silly things; you'd say, 'That's what a child would do.' ↗

— Gene Wilder

#child #childish #comic #comics #derive

I love the art of acting, and I love film, because you always have anther chance if you want it. You know, if we - if this isn't going well, you can't say - well, you could say - let's stop. Let's start over again, Gene, because you were too nervous. ↗

— Gene Wilder

#again #always #art #because #chance