Oscar Wilde was born in Ireland in 1854 and died in France in 1900, a prominent poet, writer, playwright, and renowned wit who emerged at an early age.
Oscar Wilde made an impact on the Victorian society in which he lived and of which he was a part. Hope, our collection of Oscar Wilde Quotes will inspire you to be yourself.
Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.
– Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde Quotes
1. “Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.” – Oscar Wilde
2. “Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.” – Oscar Wilde
3. “To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.” – Oscar Wilde
4. “With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy?” – Oscar Wilde
5. “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” – Oscar Wilde
6. “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” – Oscar Wilde
7. “Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.” – Oscar Wilde
8. “Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.” – Oscar Wilde
9. “Society often forgives the criminal; it never forgives the dreamer.” – Oscar Wilde
10. “The nicest feeling in the world is to do a good deed anonymously-and have somebody find out.” – Oscar Wilde
11. “Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.” – Oscar Wilde
12. “Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.” – Oscar Wilde
13. “No good deed goes unpunished.” – Oscar Wilde
14.” The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.” – Oscar Wilde
15. “An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.” – Oscar Wilde
16. “Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious.” – Oscar Wilde
17. “Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.” – Oscar Wilde
18. “Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.” – Oscar Wilde
19. “If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.” – Oscar Wilde
20. “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” – Oscar Wilde
21. “I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.” – Oscar Wilde
22. “It takes great deal of courage to see the world in all its tainted glory, and still to love it.” – Oscar Wilde
23. “A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.” – Oscar Wilde
24. “I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.” – Oscar Wilde
25. “Consistency is the hallmark of the unimaginative.” – Oscar Wilde
26. “Life is not complex. We are complex. Life is simple, and the simple thing is the right thing.” – Oscar Wilde
27. “The aim of life is self-development. To realize one’s nature perfectly – that is what each of us is here for.” – Oscar Wilde
28. “The mystery of love is greater than the mystery of death.” – Oscar Wilde
29. “The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.” – Oscar Wilde
30. “Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.” – Oscar Wilde
31. “A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone’s feelings unintentionally.” – Oscar Wilde
32. “If you don’t get everything you want, think of the things you don’t get that you don’t want.” – Oscar Wilde
33. “There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor.” – Oscar Wilde
34. “No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.” – Oscar Wilde
35. “Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.” – Oscar Wilde
36. “It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.” – Oscar Wilde
37. “A writer is someone who has taught his mind to misbehave.” – Oscar Wilde
38. “The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.” – Oscar Wilde
39. “When we are happy, we are always good, but when we are good, we are not always happy.” – Oscar Wilde
40. “A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks.” – Oscar Wilde
41. “Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit, but the highest form of intelligence.” – Oscar Wilde
42. “Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.” – Oscar Wilde
43. “Ideals are dangerous things. Realities are better. They wound, but they’re better.” – Oscar Wilde
44. “Everything is going to be fine in the end. If it’s not fine it’s not the end.” – Oscar Wilde
45. “Arguments are to be avoided, they are always vulgar and often convincing.” – Oscar Wilde
46. “It is so easy to convince others; it is so difficult to convince oneself.” – Oscar Wilde
47. “The secret to life is to enjoy the pleasure of being terribly, terribly deceived.” – Oscar Wilde
48. “One should absorb the colour of life, but one should never remember its details. Details are always vulgar.” – Oscar Wilde
49. “The old believe everything; the middle-aged suspect everything; the young know everything.” – Oscar Wilde
50. “The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and richness to life that nothing else can bring.” – Oscar Wilde
51. “We teach people how to remember, we never teach them how to grow.” – Oscar Wilde
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