Oscar Wilde Quotes

Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life.
Oscar Wilde

Life, Family, Seen

Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
Oscar Wilde

Weather, Last, Refuge

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

Else, Principles, Persons

There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love.
Oscar Wilde

Love, Emotions, Ridiculous

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

Choice, Careful

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.
Oscar Wilde

Nothing, Moderation, Excess

There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating - people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing.
Oscar Wilde

Nothing, Two, Kinds

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.
Oscar Wilde

Life, Put, Talent

It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.
Oscar Wilde

Sad, Useless, Nowadays

The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.
Oscar Wilde

Life, Marriage, Makes

The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life.
Oscar Wilde

Life, Married, Looks

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.
Oscar Wilde

Hope, Last, Terrible

When good Americans die they go to Paris.
Oscar Wilde

Good, Die, Paris

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

Give, America, Young

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.
Oscar Wilde

True, Mystery, Invisible

One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.
Oscar Wilde

Winning, Play, Cards

Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are.
Oscar Wilde

Sometimes, Questions, Answers

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.
Oscar Wilde

Optimism, Terror, Basis

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.
Oscar Wilde

Others, Away, Afraid

Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had merely been detected.
Oscar Wilde

America, After, Perhaps

There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written.
Oscar Wilde

Book, Moral, Books

The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what fiction means.
Oscar Wilde

Good, Bad, Means

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.
Oscar Wilde

Forgiveness, Genius, Public

Alas, I am dying beyond my means.
Oscar Wilde

Means, Dying, Beyond

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
Oscar Wilde

Reason, Act, Temper

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Biography

Nationality: Irish

Type: Dramatist

Born: October 16, 1854

Died: November 30, 1900

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