Quotes by Oscar Wilde

About Oscar Wilde:

Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde is remembered for his epigrams, his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, his plays, as well as the circumstances of his imprisonment and early death.
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One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.

Oscar Wilde

When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.

Oscar Wilde

The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.

Oscar Wilde

The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.

Oscar Wilde

There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else has a right to blame us.

Oscar Wilde

A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

Oscar Wilde

Charity creates a multitude of sins.

Oscar Wilde

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

Oscar Wilde

One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged.

Oscar Wilde

A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

Oscar Wilde

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

Oscar Wilde

Only the shallow know themselves.

Oscar Wilde

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

Oscar Wilde

As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she is perfectly satisfied.

Oscar Wilde

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.

Oscar Wilde

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.

Oscar Wilde

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

Oscar Wilde

In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience.

Oscar Wilde

I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.

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The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.

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Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing.

Oscar Wilde

Author Bio

  • NameOscar Wilde
  • DescriptionIrish writer and poet
  • AliasesOscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde
  • BornOctober 16, 1854
  • DiedNovember 30, 1900
  • CountryUnited Kingdom Of Great Britain And Ireland
  • ProfessionPoet; Playwright; Short Story Writer; Journalist; Children's Writer; Novelist
  • WorksThe Importance Of Being Earnest; The Picture Of Dorian Gray