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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You can never be overdressed or overeducated.

Oscar Wilde

nothing that is worth knowing can be taught

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The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray, and the advantage of science is that it is not emotional.

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Everything is going to be fine in the end. If it's not fine it's not the end.

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Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

Oscar Wilde

The Number our envious Persons, confirmation our capability.

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Erfahrung – das ist der Name, dem ein jeder seinen Fehlern gibt.

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So with curious eyes and sick surmise We watched him day by day, And wondered if each one of us Would end the self-same way, For none can tell to what red Hell His sightless soul may stray.

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Failure is only the name that we give to our mistakes." -Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise

Oscar Wilde

The only way to atone for being occasionally a little over-dressed is by being always absolutely over-educated.

Oscar Wilde

One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art.

Oscar Wilde

She wore far too much rouge last night and not quite enough clothes. That is always a sign of despair in a woman.

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It is the duty of every father... to write fairy tales for his children.

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Friendship is far more tragic than love. It lasts longer.

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All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling. To be natural is to be obvious, and to be obvious is to be inartistic.

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Romantic literature is in effect imaginative lying.

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Any fool can make history, but it takes a genius to write it.

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Football is all very well as a game for rough girls, but is hardly suitable for delicate boys.

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I believe that if one man were to live out his life fully and completely, were to give form to every feeling, expression to every thought, reality to every dream - I believe that the world would gain such a fresh impulse of joy that we would forget a...

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One has a right to judge a man by the effect he has over his friends.

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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