Oscar Wilde Quotes

The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.
Oscar Wilde

Wise, Themselves, Contradict

Those whom the gods love grow young.
Oscar Wilde

Love, Young, Grow

There is nothing so difficult to marry as a large nose.
Oscar Wilde

Nothing, Difficult, Nose

Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot explain away.
Oscar Wilde

Death, Two, Cannot

One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged.
Oscar Wilde

There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally bad.
Oscar Wilde

Bad, Authority, Necessity

The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.
Oscar Wilde

Emotions, Lead, Advantage

The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or near relation.
Oscar Wilde

Technology, Sister, Expression

There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else has a right to blame us.
Oscar Wilde

Blame, Else, Ourselves

No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.
Oscar Wilde

Age, Woman, Her

One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.
Oscar Wilde

Good, Death, Live

How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive.
Oscar Wilde

Marriage, Far, Cigarettes

One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead.
Oscar Wilde

Life, Real, Often

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.
Oscar Wilde

Nothing, Calmness

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.
Oscar Wilde

Strength, Courage, Tell

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.
Oscar Wilde

Income, Permanent

The world is divided into two classes, those who believe the incredible, and those who do the improbable.
Oscar Wilde

Two, Divided, Incredible

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.
Oscar Wilde

Opinion, Matters, Insane

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.
Oscar Wilde

Shallow, Refuge

If there was less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world.
Oscar Wilde

Sympathy, Less, Trouble

Man can believe the impossible, but man can never believe the improbable.
Oscar Wilde

Impossible, Improbable

Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.
Oscar Wilde

Ambition, Growth, Germ

It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes.
Oscar Wilde

Hope, Live, Memory

The man who can dominate a London dinner-table can dominate the world.
Oscar Wilde

London, Dominate

The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.
Oscar Wilde

Work, Great, Art

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Biography

Nationality: Irish

Type: Dramatist

Born: October 16, 1854

Died: November 30, 1900

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