Oscar Wilde Quotes
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He to whom the present is the only thing that is present, knows nothing of the age in which he lives.
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Women are made to be loved, not understood.
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It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to be good than to be ugly.
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Hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing whatever to do.
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It is only the intellectually lost who ever argue.
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Women treat us men like humanity treats gods – they worship us and keep bothering us to do something.
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Even the disciple has his uses. He stands behind one's throne, and at the moment of one's triumph whispers in one's ear that, after all, one is immortal.
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Science is out of the reach of morals, for her eyes are fixed upon eternal truths. Art is out of the reach of morals, for her eyes are fixed upon things beautiful and immortal and ever-changing.
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Flowers are as common in the country as people are in London.
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In examinations the foolish ask questions that the wise cannot answer.
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Irony is wasted on the stupid.
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Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes.
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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.
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There's nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It's a thing no married man knows anything about.
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Charity creates a multitude of sins.
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The worst vice of the fanatic is his sincerity.
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A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
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Philanthropic people lose all sense of humanity. It is their distinguishing characteristic.
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I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone.
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I envy you going to Oxford: it is the most flower-like time of one's life. One sees the shadow of things in silver mirrors. Later on, one sees the Gorgon's head, and one suffers, because it does not turn one to stone.
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I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.
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Truth, in the matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived.
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There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else has a right to blame us.
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Full frontal nudity is reserved for Adam and Eve!