Irish poet and playwright
With age comes wisdom, but sometimes age comes alone. – Oscar Wilde
Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one. – Oscar Wilde
If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all. – Oscar Wilde
Work is the curse of the drinking class. – Oscar Wilde
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. – 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
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
Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief. – Oscar Wilde
The one charm of the past is that it is the past. – Oscar Wilde
Hearts live by being wounded. – Oscar Wilde
As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she is perfectly satisfied. – Oscar Wilde
I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying. – Oscar Wilde
A kiss may ruin a human life. – Oscar Wilde
If you cannot prove a man wrong, don’t panic. You can always call him names. – Oscar Wilde
All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That’s his. – Oscar Wilde
Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless, and cannot. – Oscar Wilde
The true perfection of man lies not in what man has, but in what man is. – Oscar Wilde
What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise. – Oscar Wilde
Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess. – Oscar Wilde
The truth is rarely pure and never simple. – Oscar Wilde
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