Oscar Wilde Quotes
One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art.Oscar Wilde
But what is the difference between literature and journalism... Journalism is unreadable and literature is not read. That is all.Oscar Wilde
All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.Oscar Wilde
Simple pleasures are the last refuge of the complex.Oscar Wilde
Children begin by loving their parents as they grow older they judge them sometimes they forgive them.Oscar Wilde
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.Oscar Wilde
Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.Oscar Wilde
Truth, in the matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived.Oscar Wilde
To lose one parent, Mr Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune to lose both looks like carelessness.Oscar Wilde
Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.Oscar Wilde
When a woman marries again, it is because she detested her first husband. When a man marries again, it is because he adored his first wife. Women try their luck men risk theirs.Oscar Wilde
At twilight, nature is not without loveliness, though perhaps its chief use is to illustrate quotations from the poets.Oscar Wilde
Popularity is the one insult I have never suffered.Oscar Wilde
A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.Oscar Wilde
To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.Oscar Wilde
Missionaries are going to reform the world whether it wants to or not.Oscar Wilde
Punctuality is the thief of time.Oscar Wilde
All that I desire to point out is the general principle that Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life.Oscar Wilde
What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.Oscar Wilde
The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.Oscar Wilde
Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.Oscar Wilde
There is no sin except stupidity.Oscar Wilde
Most modern calendars mar the sweet simplicity of our lives by reminding us that each day that passes is the anniversary of some perfectly uninteresting event.Oscar Wilde
Philanthropy is the refuge of rich people who wish to annoy their fellow creatures.Oscar Wilde
It is an odd thing, but everyone who disappears is said to be seen at San Francisco. It must be a delightful city, and possess all the attractions of the next world.Oscar Wilde
Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.Oscar Wilde
Henry James writes fiction as if it were a painful duty.Oscar Wilde
Imagination is a quality given to man to compensate for what he is not, and a sense of humaor is provided to console him from what he is.Oscar Wilde
It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.Oscar Wilde
Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.Oscar Wilde
Experience... is simply the name we give our mistakes.Oscar Wilde
Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.Oscar Wilde
Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.Oscar Wilde
A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her.Oscar Wilde
Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Oscar Wilde
Biography lends to death a new terror.Oscar Wilde
Rich bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others.Oscar Wilde
