Oscar Wilde Marriage Quotes

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Top 16 Most Famous Oscar Wilde Quotes to Inspire You

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

Life is not complex. We are complex. Life is simple, and the simple thing is the right thing.

We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.

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

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

88 Best Oscar Wilde Quotes About Life, Imagination, and Books

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one's head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no tomorrow. To forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace.”

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We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex.

It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.

The only thing to do with good advice is pass it on. It is never any use to oneself.

There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.

I don’t want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone’s feelings unintentionally.

The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.

A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks.

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

A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.

I can resist everything except temptation.

A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.

Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.

You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit.

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

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

You can never be overdressed or overeducated.

My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people’s.

Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.

One’s real life is so often the life that one does not lead.

All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.

Some things are more precious because they don't last long.

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

I am not young enough to know everything.

Live! Live the wonderful life that is in you! Let nothing be lost upon you. Be always searching for new sensations. Be afraid of nothing!

Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them.

Everything in moderation, including moderation.

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

We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell.There is no sin except stupidity.

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

Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.

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

America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.

The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.

Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

I have nothing to declare except my genius.

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

The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it.

I am too fond of reading books to care to write them.

Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.

It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But… it is better to be good than to be ugly.

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.

Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault.

Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious.

Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not.

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.

To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.

I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.

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

23 Oscar Wilde Quotes on Love, Marriage & Relationships

Never love anyone who treats you like you’re ordinary.

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being?

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

The mystery of love is greater than the mystery of death.

Men always want to be a woman’s first love – women like to be a man’s last romance.

Who, being loved, is poor?

I have no objection to anyone’s sex life as long as they don’t practice it in the street and frighten the horses.

One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship.

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

Men marry because they are tired, women, because they are curious – both are disappointed.Hearts are made to be broken.

As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she is perfectly satisfied.

Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive us everything, even our gigantic intellects.

Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power.

Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement.

The very essence of romance is uncertainty.

When a man has once loved a woman he will do anything for her except continue to love her.

A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her.

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

Oscar Wilde Short Biography

Oscar Wilde was a spokesman for aestheticism in the late 19th-century which advocated art for art’s sake. He was also well applauded for his biting wit, flamboyant style, and impressive conversational skill.

Wilde was the subject of the infamous imprisonment for his criminal suits which involved homosexuality and sodomy on 25 May 1895. Rather than escaping to France, he decided to remain and face trial.

Wilde’s health suffered tremendously in prison due to hard labor and continued to decline after his release. He spent his final 3 years exile in France where he composed his last work The Ballad of Reading Gaol.

He passed away on November 30, 1900, at the age of 46 and was buried in France.

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Inspirational quotes by Oscar Wilde on life, love, marriage and other things.

Famous As: Playwright, Poet & Novelist

Born In: Dublin, Ireland

Victorian era saw the domination of art in its various forms. Painters, sculptors, writers, and artists gave a whole new definition to art. Literature too took a front seat as there were novelists, poets, essayist, critic and playwrights who made Victorian era the period of thriving literature. And while talking about playwrights, the name of Oscar Wilde comes to the forefront. He was by far one of the greatest playwrights of the Victorian era. A proponent of the Aesthetic movement of the 19th century, he emphasized aesthetic values more than moral or social themes. He advocated art for art’s sake. In his lifetime he wrote nine plays, one novel, and numerous poems, short stories, and essays. Amongst his most famous works include the poem, ‘The Ballad of the Reading Gaol’, the novel ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ and the play, ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’. He also came up with the comic masterpiece ‘Lady Windermere’s Fan’. Literary accomplishments apart, Wilde was famous for his wit and flamboyance with men. He was tried and imprisoned for his homosexual relationship with the son of an aristocrat. Coming back to his literary endeavours, Wilde’s greatness can be felt in his quotes that give a new perception about life. Check this section and find quotes by Oscar Wilde.

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Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Oscar Wilde

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

Oscar Wilde

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

Oscar Wilde

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Oscar Wilde

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

Oscar Wilde

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.

Oscar Wilde

It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.

Oscar Wilde

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

Oscar Wilde

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

Oscar Wilde

Yes: I am a dreamer. For 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

You can never be overdressed or overeducated.

Oscar Wilde

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.

Oscar Wilde

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

Oscar Wilde

A good friend will always stab you in the front.

Oscar Wilde

Never love anyone who treats you like you're ordinary.

Oscar Wilde

I don't want to go to heaven. None of my friends are there.

Oscar Wilde

Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.

Oscar Wilde

You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit.

Oscar Wilde

Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.

Oscar Wilde

I am not young enough to know everything.

Oscar Wilde

The heart was made to be broken.

Oscar Wilde

You don't love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear.

Oscar Wilde

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

Oscar Wilde

Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.

Oscar Wilde

Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power.

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

The very essence of romance is uncertainty.

Oscar Wilde

I think God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.

Oscar Wilde

I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.

Oscar Wilde

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.

Oscar Wilde

With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy?

Oscar Wilde

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

I can resist anything except temptation.

Oscar Wilde

A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.

Oscar Wilde

I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.

Oscar Wilde

To define is to limit.

Oscar Wilde

All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does, and that is his.

Oscar Wilde

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Oscar Wilde

It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.

Oscar Wilde

The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it.

Oscar Wilde

Who, being loved, is poor?

Oscar Wilde

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

Oscar Wilde

Crying is for plain women. Pretty women go shopping.

Oscar Wilde

Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Oscar Wilde

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

Oscar Wilde

There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.

Oscar Wilde

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.

Oscar Wilde

I have nothing to declare except my genius.

Oscar Wilde

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.

Oscar Wilde

I am too fond of reading books to care to write them.

Oscar Wilde

A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.

Oscar Wilde

After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations.

Oscar Wilde

Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend's success.

Oscar Wilde

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

Oscar Wilde

We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell.

Oscar Wilde

Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.

Oscar Wilde

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

Oscar Wilde

Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.

Oscar Wilde

Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them.

Oscar Wilde

Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people we personally dislike.

Oscar Wilde

To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.

Oscar Wilde

Every woman is a rebel.

Oscar Wilde

Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.

Oscar Wilde

I like men who have a future and women who have a past.

Oscar Wilde

Yet each man kills the thing he loves By each let this be heard Some do it with a bitter look Some with a flattering word The coward does it with a kiss The brave man with a sword

Oscar Wilde

The world is a stage and the play is badly cast.

Oscar Wilde

Never marry at all, Dorian. Men marry because they are tired, women, because they are curious: both are disappointed.

Oscar Wilde

Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious.

Oscar Wilde

I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their good intellects.

Oscar Wilde

To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable.

Oscar Wilde

We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.

Oscar Wilde

A bore is someone who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company.

Oscar Wilde

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being

Oscar Wilde

If you are not long, I will wait for you all my life.

Oscar Wilde

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

Oscar Wilde

Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world's original sin. If the cave-man had known how to laugh, History would have been different.

Oscar Wilde

The suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

Oscar Wilde

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes.

Oscar Wilde

America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.

Oscar Wilde

Everything in moderation, including moderation.

Oscar Wilde

Society often forgives the criminal; it never forgives the dreamer.

Oscar Wilde

There are moments when one has to choose between living one's own life, fully, entirely, completely-or dragging out some false, shallow, degrading existence that the world in its hypocrisy demands.

Oscar Wilde

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.

Oscar Wilde

Live! Live the wonderful life that is in you! Let nothing be lost upon you. Be always searching for new sensations. Be afraid of nothing.

Oscar Wilde

There is no sin except stupidity.

Oscar Wilde

The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.

Oscar Wilde

Men always want to be a woman’s first love. That is their clumsy vanity. We women have a more subtle instinct about these things. What (women) like is to be a man’s last romance.

Oscar Wilde

Some things are more precious because they don't last long.

Oscar Wilde

Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.

Oscar Wilde

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.

Oscar Wilde

Indeed I have always been of the opinion that hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing to do.

Oscar Wilde

I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to make an ass of yourself.

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One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age. A woman who would tell one that would tell one anything.

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Life is too short to learn German

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Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is by far the best ending for one.

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

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.

Oscar Wilde

The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what Fiction means.

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