About This Quote
Oscar Wilde said, “As for women who were pretty, intelligent, strikingly sensual, the daughters of rich families—they would only have served to disrupt my carefully ordered existence.” In this quote, Wilde was sensitive to what people thought of his lifestyle and personal relationships and he obviously had some reservations about it. However, he viewed those concerns as a distraction from his own goals.
Source: The Vegetarian
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