Irish – Poet October 16, 1854 – November 30, 1900
Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go. – Oscar Wilde
There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about. Oscar Wilde
When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers. Oscar Wilde
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes. Oscar Wilde
True friends stab you in the front. Oscar Wilde
A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world. Oscar Wilde
I can resist everything except temptation. Oscar Wilde
Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative. Oscar Wilde
If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life. Oscar Wilde
The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future. – Oscar Wilde
Men always want to be a woman’s first love – women like to be a man’s last romance. Oscar Wilde
Ambition is the last refuge of the failure. Oscar Wilde
Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result. Oscar Wilde
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. Oscar Wilde
Work is the curse of the drinking classes. Oscar Wilde
A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her. Oscar Wilde
The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it… I can resist everything but temptation. – Oscar Wilde
Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative. Oscar Wilde
Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation. Oscar Wilde
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
Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals. Oscar Wilde
No man is rich enough to buy back his past. Oscar Wilde
Women are made to be loved, not understood. Oscar Wilde
Who, being loved, is poor? Oscar Wilde
A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone’s feelings unintentionally. Oscar Wilde
Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same. Oscar Wilde
It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But… it is better to be good than to be ugly. Oscar Wilde
The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything. Oscar Wilde
One’s real life is so often the life that one does not lead. – Oscar Wilde
It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.Oscar Wilde
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth. Oscar Wilde
When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is. Oscar Wilde
There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. Oscar Wilde
Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship. Oscar Wilde
Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them. – Oscar Wilde
To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.Oscar Wilde
Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious. Oscar Wilde
All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That’s his.Oscar Wilde