Irish poet and playwright
I think that God in creating Man somewhat overestimated his ability. – Oscar Wilde
A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks. – Oscar Wilde
Friendship is far more tragic than love. It lasts longer. – Oscar Wilde
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes. – Oscar Wilde
Morality, like art, means drawing a line someplace. – Oscar Wilde
The stage is not merely the meeting place of all the arts, but is also the return of art to life. – Oscar Wilde
Everything is dangerous, my dear fellow. If it wasn’t so, life wouldn’t be worth living. – Oscar Wilde
An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all. – Oscar Wilde
Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination. – Oscar Wilde
We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell. – Oscar Wilde
I am too fond of reading books to care to write them. – Oscar Wilde
God’s eternal laws are kind- and break the heart of stone. – Oscar Wilde
I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being. – Oscar Wilde
Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation. – Oscar Wilde
Rich bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others. – Oscar Wilde
The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast. – Oscar Wilde
The tragedy of the poor is that they can afford nothing but self denial. – Oscar Wilde
The play was a great success, but the audience was a failure. – Oscar Wilde
We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities. – Oscar Wilde
The nicest feeling in the world is to do a good deed anonymously and have somebody find out. – Oscar Wilde
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