Oscar Wilde Quotes About Romanticism

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a man's last romance.

  Oscar Wilde

  Love, Funny, Relationship

  Oscar Wilde (2010). “Epigrams & Aphorisms”, p.56, BoD – Books on Demand

• The 19thc hatred of Realism is Caliban's enraged reaction to seeing his own face in the mirror. The 19thc rejection of Romanticism is Caliban's fury at not seeing his face reflected in the mirror.

  Oscar Wilde

  Mirrors, Rejection, Hatred

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