1856-1900, British Author, Wit
I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take towards life. We are not sent into the world to air our moral prejudices. I never take any notice of what common people say, and I never interfere with what charming people do.
Oscar Wilde – [Moralists]
I never saw a man who looked with such a wistful eye upon that little tent of blue which prisoners call the sky.
Oscar Wilde – [Sky]
I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read on the train.
Oscar Wilde – [Travel and Tourism]
I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.
Oscar Wilde – [Genius]
I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability.
Oscar Wilde – [Humankind]
I was disappointed in Niagara — most people must be disappointed in Niagara. Every American bride is taken there, and the sight of the stupendous waterfall must be one of the earliest, if not the keenest, disappointments in American married life.
Oscar Wilde – [Travel and Tourism]
I'm sure I don't know half the people who come to my house. Indeed, from all I hear, I shouldn't like to.
Oscar Wilde – [Hospitality]
If a man needs an elaborate tombstone in order to remain in the memory of his country, it is clear that his living at all was an act of absolute superfluity.
Oscar Wilde – [Monuments]
If one hears bad music, it is one's duty to drown it by one's conversation.
Oscar Wilde – [Music]
If one tells the truth, one is sure, sooner or later, to be found out.
Oscar Wilde – [Truth]
If property had simply pleasures, we could stand it; but its duties make it unbearable. In the interest of the rich we must get rid of it.
Oscar Wilde – [Property]
If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.
Oscar Wilde – [Loyalty]
If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.
Oscar Wilde – [Goodness]
Ignorance is like a delicate fruit; touch it, and the bloom is gone.
Oscar Wilde – [Ignorance]
Imagination is a quality given a man to compensate him for what he is not, and a sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is.
Oscar Wilde – [Imagination]
In a very ugly and sensible age, the arts borrow, not from life, but from each other.
Oscar Wilde – [Arts and Artists]
In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience.
Oscar Wilde – [Youth]
In America, the President reigns for four years, and journalism governs for ever and ever.
Oscar Wilde – [President]
In going to America one learns that poverty is not a necessary accompaniment to civilization.
Oscar Wilde – [Poverty and The Poor]
In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin.
Oscar Wilde – [Platitudes]
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