Irish poet and playwright
Rugby is a game for barbarians played by gentlemen. Football is a game for gentlemen played by barbarians. – Oscar Wilde
He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realise. – Oscar Wilde
It was only in the theatre that I lived. – Oscar Wilde
Music is the art which is most nigh to tears and memory. -Oscar Wilde
A man who pays his bills on time is soon forgotten. – Oscar Wilde
To nap is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all. – Oscar Wilde
Youth! There is nothing like youth. The middle-aged are mortgaged to Life. The old are in Life’s lumber-room. But youth is the Lord of Life. Youth has a kingdom waiting for it. Every one is born a king, and most people die in exile. – Oscar Wilde
Football is all right as a game for rough girls but is hardly suitable for delicate boys. – Oscar Wilde
Science is the record of dead religions. -Oscar Wilde
This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last. – Oscar Wilde
The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves. – Oscar Wilde
Those whom the gods love grow young. – Oscar Wilde
The only way a woman can ever reform her husband is by boring him so completely that he loses all possible interest in life – Oscar Wilde
Pleasure is Nature’s test, her sign of approval. When man is happy, he is in harmony with himself and his environment. – Oscar Wilde
Charity creates a multitude of sins. – Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) Irish poet and dramatist.
Women are never disarmed by compliments; men always are. – Oscar Wilde
In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience. – Oscar Wilde
Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it. – Oscar Wilde
Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people. – Oscar Wilde
It is a dangerous thing to reform anyone. – Oscar Wilde
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