Oscar Wilde Quotes And Sayings

I Am So Clever That Sometimes I Don't Understand A Single Word Of What I Am Saying.

The Basis Of Optimism Is Sheer Terror.

The Man Who Can Dominate A London Dinner-table Can Dominate The World.

If You Are Not Too Long, I Will Wait Here For You All My Life.

To Love Oneself Is The Beginning Of A Lifelong Romance.

A Man's Face Is His Autobiography. A Woman's Face Is Her Work Of Fiction.

Ridicule Is The Tribute Paid To The Genius By The Mediocrities.

Art Is The Most Intense Mode Of Individualism That The World Has Known.

Children Begin By Loving Their Parents; After A Time They Judge Them; Rarely, If Ever, Do They Forgive Them.

Bad People Are, From The Point Of View Of Art, Fascinating Studies. They Represent Colour, Variety And Strangeness. Good People Exasperate One's Reason; Bad People Stir One's Imagination.

This Suspense Is Terrible. I Hope It Will Last.

Experience Is One Thing You Can't Get For Nothing.

A Man Can Be Happy With Any Woman, As Long As He Does Not Love Her.

Consistency Is The Last Refuge Of The Unimaginative.

One Of The Many Lessons That One Learns In Prison Is, That Things Are What They Are And Will Be What They Will Be.

Women Are Made To Be Loved, Not Understood.

The Truth Is Rarely Pure And Never Simple.

A Man Can't Be Too Careful In The Choice Of His Enemies.

By Giving Us The Opinions Of The Uneducated, Journalism Keeps Us In Touch With The Ignorance Of The Community.

There Are Only Two Tragedies In Life: One Is Not Getting What One Wants, And The Other Is Getting It.

Every Portrait That Is Painted With Feeling Is A Portrait Of The Artist, Not Of The Sitter.

No Man Is Rich Enough To Buy Back His Past.

Who, Being Loved, Is Poor?

I Sometimes Think That God In Creating Man Somewhat Overestimated His Ability.

All Women Become Like Their Mothers. That Is Their Tragedy. No Man Does. That's His.

Patriotism Is The Virtue Of The Vicious.

I Have The Simplest Tastes. I Am Always Satisfied With The Best.

Pessimist: One Who, When He Has The Choice Of Two Evils, Chooses Both.

Do You Really Think It Is Weakness That Yields To Temptation? I Tell You That There Are Terrible Temptations Which It Requires Strength, Strength And Courage To Yield To.

The One Charm About Marriage Is That It Makes A Life Of Deception Absolutely Necessary For Both Parties.

Ambition Is The Last Refuge Of The Failure.

Laughter Is Not At All A Bad Beginning For A Friendship, And It Is Far The Best Ending For One.

Ambition Is The Germ From Which All Growth Of Nobleness Proceeds.

Success Is A Science; If You Have The Conditions, You Get The Result.

A Little Sincerity Is A Dangerous Thing, And A Great Deal Of It Is Absolutely Fatal.

Nothing Is So Aggravating Than Calmness.

I Have Nothing To Declare Except My Genius.

America Is The Only Country That Went From Barbarism To Decadence Without Civilization In Between.

Experience Is Simply The Name We Give Our Mistakes.

Work Is The Curse Of The Drinking Classes.

There Is No Sin Except Stupidity.

The Difference Between Literature And Journalism Is That Journalism Is Unreadable And Literature Is Not Read.

To Expect The Unexpected Shows A Thoroughly Modern Intellect.

An Idea That Is Not Dangerous Is Unworthy Of Being Called An Idea At All.

The Old Believe Everything, The Middle-aged Suspect Everything, The Young Know Everything.

It Is Through Art, And Through Art Only, That We Can Realise Our Perfection.

One Should Always Be In Love. That Is The Reason One Should Never Marry.

It Is What You Read When You Don't Have To That Determines What You Will Be When You Can't Help It.

When The Gods Wish To Punish Us They Answer Our Prayers.

Some Cause Happiness Wherever They Go; Others Whenever They Go.