Oscar Wilde Quotes

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

Those whom the gods love grow young.
Oscar Wilde

Love, Young, Grow

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

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

Winning, Play, Cards

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

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

Good, Death, Live

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

Age, Woman, Her

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

Life, Real, Often

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

Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing.
Oscar Wilde

Often, Vulgar, Convincing

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

Marriage, Far, Cigarettes

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

Income, Permanent

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

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.
Oscar Wilde

Nothing, Calmness

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

Work, Great, Art

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

Sympathy, Less, Trouble

It is only the modern that ever becomes old-fashioned.
Oscar Wilde

Modern, Becomes

One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be what they will be.
Oscar Wilde

Prison, Lessons, Learns

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Biography

Nationality: Irish

Type: Dramatist

Born: October 16, 1854

Died: November 30, 1900

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