Oscar Wilde Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Oscar Wilde quotes, Oscar Wilde sayings, and Oscar Wilde proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

I love to talk about nothing. It's the only thing I know anything about. Oscar Wilde
Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them. Oscar Wilde
Few parents nowadays pay any regard to what their children say to them. The old-fashioned respect for the young is fast drying out. Oscar Wilde
The heart was made to be broken. Oscar Wilde
No man is rich enough to buy back his past. Oscar Wilde
I never travel without my diary; one should always have something sensational to read in the train. Oscar Wilde
The Americans are certainly great hero worshippers, and always take heroes from the criminal classes. Oscar Wilde
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. Oscar Wilde
To many, no doubt, he will seem to be somewhat blatant and bumptious, but we prefer to regard him as being simply British. Oscar Wilde
Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much. Oscar Wilde
The one charm of marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties. Oscar Wilde
Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account. Oscar Wilde
It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information. Oscar Wilde
What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise. Oscar Wilde
Good intentions are invariably ungrammatical. Oscar Wilde
I have no objection to anyone’s sex life as long as they don't practice it in the street and frighten the horses. Oscar Wilde
When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life. Now that I am old I know that it is. Oscar Wilde
Popularity is one insult I have never suffered. Oscar Wilde
I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train. Oscar Wilde
Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not. Oscar Wilde
Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not. Oscar Wilde
A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies. Oscar Wilde
There is only one real tragedy in a woman's life. The fact that the past is always lover, and her future invariably her husband. Oscar Wilde
All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his. Oscar Wilde
After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations. Oscar Wilde
Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul. Oscar Wilde
Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known. Oscar Wilde
My desire to live is as intense as ever, and though my heart is broken, hearts are made to be broken; that is why God sends sorrow into the world. Oscar Wilde
The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray. Oscar Wilde
I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them. Oscar Wilde