Oscar Wilde Quotes
Action is the last refuge of those who cannot dream.Oscar Wilde
A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.Oscar Wilde
One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.Oscar Wilde
Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief.Oscar Wilde
Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement.Oscar Wilde
Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.Oscar Wilde
Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing.Oscar Wilde
Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.Oscar Wilde
The mystery of love is greater than the mystery of death.Oscar Wilde
There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written or badly written.Oscar Wilde
Sometimes it takes courage to give into temptation.Oscar Wilde
The cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.Oscar Wilde
To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.Oscar Wilde
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.Oscar Wilde
Man can believe the impossible, but man can never believe the improbable.Oscar Wilde
Nothing is so aggravating as calmness.Oscar Wilde
The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it.Oscar Wilde
Philosophy teaches us to bear with equanimity the misfortunes of others.Oscar Wilde
While one should always study the method of a great artist, one should never imitate his manner. The manner of an artist is essentially individual, the method of an artist is absolutely universal. The first is personality, which no one should copy; the second is perfection, which all should aim at.Oscar Wilde
Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.Oscar Wilde
It is only about things that do not interest one that one can give really unbiased opinions, which is no doubt the reason why an unbiased opinion is always valueless.Oscar Wilde
Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.Oscar Wilde
Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Oscar Wilde
Divorces are made in heaven.Oscar Wilde
Genius is born - - Not paid.Oscar Wilde
The fact is, that civilization requires slaves. The Greeks were quite right there. Unless there are slaves to do the ugly, horrible, uninteresting work, culture, and contemplation become almost impossible. Human slavery is wrong, insecure, and demoralizing. On mechanical slavery, on the slavery of the machine, the future of the world depends.Oscar Wilde
By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, journalism keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.Oscar Wilde
Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.Oscar Wilde
Society produces rogues, and education makes one rogue cleverer than another.Oscar Wilde
A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her.Oscar Wilde
Why was I born with such contemporaries.Oscar Wilde
I must decline your invitation owing to a subsequent engagement.Oscar Wilde
True friends stab you in the front.Oscar Wilde
Everyone who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.Oscar Wilde
Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live. It is asking other people to live as one wishes to live.Oscar Wilde
Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.Oscar Wilde
