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Nothing spoils romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman

Nothing spoils romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman

Oscar Wilde
Love, Deceiving Others, Romance
Oscar Wilde (2014). “Epigrams and Aphorisms”, p.51, BoD – Books on Demand

Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement. Nothing spoils romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman. When one is in love one always begins by deceiving oneself, and one always ends by deceiving others. This is what the world calls a romance.

Oscar Wilde
Deceiving Others, Romance, World

Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement.

Oscar Wilde
Romance, Ends, Should
Oscar Wilde (2007). “Epigrams of Oscar Wilde”, p.104, Wordsworth Editions

Common sense is the enemy of Romance :P:P

Oscar Wilde
Common Sense, Romance, Enemy

Twenty years of romance makes a woman look like a ruin; but twenty years of marriage makes her something like a public building.

Oscar Wilde
Marriage, Years, Romance
A Woman of No Importance act 1 (1893)

I really don't see anything romantic in proposing. It is very romantic to be in love. But there is nothing romantic about a definite proposal. Why, one may be accepted. One usually is, I believe. Then the excitement is all over. The very essence of romance is uncertainty. If ever I get married, I'll certainly try to forget the fact.

Oscar Wilde
Believe, Essence, Romance
Oscar Wilde (2004). “The Best of Oscar Wilde: Selected Plays and Writings”, p.250, Penguin

He must have a truly romantic nature, for he weeps when there is nothing at all to weep about.

Oscar Wilde
Romance, Romanticism
Oscar Wilde (2012). “The Complete Short Stories of Oscar Wilde”, p.31, Courier Corporation

Unless one is wealthy there is no use in being a charming fellow. Romance is the privilege of the rich, not the profession of the unemployed. The poor should be practical and prosaic. It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

Oscar Wilde
Romance, Privilege, Income
Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde”, p.215, Wordsworth Editions

The things one feels absolutely certain about are never true. That is the fatality of faith, and the lesson of romance.

Oscar Wilde
Romance, Lessons, Certain
Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays”, p.163, GENERAL PRESS

While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the actor to give realism to romance.

Oscar Wilde
Giving, Romance, Acting
Oscar Wilde (2014). “A Critic in Pall Mall: Being Extracts from Reviews and Miscellanies”, p.16, Simon and Schuster

I had buried my romance in a bed of asphodel.

Oscar Wilde
Romance, Bed, Buried
Oscar Wilde (2015). “The Picture of Dorian Gray (with an Essay by Jules Barbey D'Aurevilly)”, p.65, Mondial

There is no such thing as romance in our day, women have become too brilliant; nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman.

Oscar Wilde
Women, Romance, Sense Of Humor
Oscar Wilde (2012). “Epigrams”, p.51, BoD – Books on Demand

The worst of having a romance of any kind is that it leaves one so unromantic.

Oscar Wilde
Romance, Kind, Worst
Oscar Wilde (2015). “The Picture of Dorian Gray (Diversion Classics)”, p.17, Diversion Books

Lo! with a little rod I did but touch the honey of romance — And must I lose a soul's inheritance?

Oscar Wilde
Romance, Soul, Inheritance
Oscar Wilde (2013). “The Artist As Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde”, p.12, Random House

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