The Sphinx Without a Secret Quotes

“He looked anxious and puzzled, and seemed to be in doubt about something … so I concluded that it was a woman, and asked him if he was married yet.

‘I don’t understand women well enough,’ he answered.

‘My dear Gerald,’ I said, ‘women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.’

‘I cannot love where I cannot trust,’ he replied.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Sphinx Without a Secret

“My dear Gerald,' I answered, 'Lady Alroy was simply a woman with a mania for mystery. She took these rooms for the pleasure of going there with her veil down, and imagining she was a heroine. She had a passion for secrecy, but she herself was merely a Sphinx without a secret.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Sphinx Without a Secret

“I can't love anyone that I can't trust”
― Oscar Wilde, The Sphinx Without a Secret

“Wir sagten damals von ihm, er wäre der feinste Kerl von der Welt, wenn er bloß nicht immer die Wahrheit spräche;”
― Oscar Wilde, The Sphinx Without a Secret

“He looked anxious and puzzled, and seemed to be in doubt about something … so I concluded that it was a woman, and asked him if I was married yet.
‘I don’t understand women well enough,’ he answered.
‘My dear Gerald,’ I said, ‘women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.’
‘I cannot love where I cannot trust,’ replied.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Sphinx Without a Secret

“You kissed his mouth with mouths of flame: you made the hornèd god your own: You stood behind him on his throne: you called him by his secret name.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Sphinx Without a Secret

“Costumávamos dizer dele que seria o melhor dos sujeitos, se não falasse sempre a verdade, mas acho que, na realidade, o admirávamos mais justamente por causa da sua franqueza.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Sphinx Without a Secret