Oscar Wilde

11 quotes

Lived: 1854 – 1900
Era: 19th century
Place: Dublin, Ireland

Irish playwright and poet; author of Lady Windermere’s Fan and The Importance of Being Earnest.

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We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
— Oscar WildeHope
Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.
— Oscar WildeHope
I can resist everything except temptation.
— Oscar WildeSmile
I think that life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about it.
— Oscar WildeSmile
Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.
— Oscar WildeSmile
To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.
— Oscar WildeSmile
I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.
— Oscar WildeSmile
I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.
— Oscar WildeSmile
The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
— Oscar WildeSmile
I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and being really good all the time. That would be hypocrisy.
— Oscar WildeSmile
I have always been of opinion that hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing whatever to do.
— Oscar WildeSmile