He spent 20 years studying the most beautiful people in the world.

Added: 2026-05-25

Oscar Wilde, the celebrated Victorian wit who spent 20 years observing London's elite society, concluded that beauty without soul is the most dangerous thing in the world, as the face people fall in love with is often the mask the monster hides behind; he witnessed that society rewards the performance of goodness while tolerating private cruelty, and that those society dismissed often showed more genuine warmth and humanity than the beautiful elite.