Quotes By Oscar Wilde

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

Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.

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

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

What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do, is to revive the old art of Lying.

I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability.

Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.

Alas, I am dying beyond my means.

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.

By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, journalism keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.

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

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read.

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

Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.

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

In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs forever and ever.

Those whom the gods love grow young.

Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

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

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

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.

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

Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.

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