Quotes by Oscar Wilde

About Oscar Wilde:

Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde is remembered for his epigrams, his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, his plays, as well as the circumstances of his imprisonment and early death.
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We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language.

Oscar Wilde

It is very difficult sometimes to keep awake, especially at church, but there is no difficulty at all about sleeping.

Oscar Wilde

It is very wrong to kill any one[.]" "Oh, I hate the cheap severity of abstract ethics!

Oscar Wilde

You can have your secret as long as I have your heart[.]

Oscar Wilde

Oh, I hate the cheap severity of abstract ethics!

Oscar Wilde

I must confess that most modern mysticism seems to me to be simply a method of imparting useless knowledge in a form that no one can understand

Oscar Wilde

It is only about things that do not interest one, that one can give a really unbiassed opinion; and this is no doubt the reason why an unbiased opinion is always valueless.

Oscar Wilde

Because sometimes you have to do something bad to do something good.

Oscar Wilde

[...] and the pea was put in the museum, where it can still be seen, if no one has stolen it.

Oscar Wilde

Just living is not enough," said the butterfly, "one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.

Oscar Wilde

A really well-made buttonhole is the only link between Art and Nature.

Oscar Wilde

Christ did not die to save people, but to teach people how to save each other. This is, I have no doubt, a grave heresy, but it is also a fact.

Oscar Wilde

The one person who has more illusions than the dreamer is the man of action.

Oscar Wilde

Tread lightly, she is near Under the snow, Speak gently, she can hear The daisies grow. All her bright golden hair Tarnished with rust, She that was young and fair Fallen to dust. Lily-like, white as snow, She hardly knew She was a woman, so Sweetly ...

Oscar Wilde

The ages live in history through their anachronisms.

Oscar Wilde

And when wind and winter harden All the loveless land, It will whisper of the garden, You will understand.

Oscar Wilde

Time is a waste of money.

Oscar Wilde

Nicio viata nu e stricata cu exceptia celei care este oprita. Daca vrei sa strici caracterul cuiva nu trebuie decat sa il reformezi

Oscar Wilde

Adevarul despre casatorie este acela ca te face sa nu mai fi egoist. Iar oamenii lipsiti de egoism sun incolori. Le lipseste individualitatea

Oscar Wilde

Nicioadata nu aprob sau dezaprob un lucru, e o atitudine absurda fata de viata. Nu suntem trimisi in lume ca sa ne exibitionam prejudecatile morale" - Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde

Una rosa se despertó en su sangre y ensombreció sus mejillas. Un agitado aliento separó los pétalos de sus labios, que temblaron. Sobre ella sopló algún viento sur de pasión y movió los delicados pliegos de su vestido

Oscar Wilde

Author Bio

  • NameOscar Wilde
  • DescriptionIrish writer and poet
  • AliasesOscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde
  • BornOctober 16, 1854
  • DiedNovember 30, 1900
  • CountryUnited Kingdom Of Great Britain And Ireland
  • ProfessionPoet; Playwright; Short Story Writer; Journalist; Children's Writer; Novelist
  • WorksThe Importance Of Being Earnest; The Picture Of Dorian Gray