Oscar Wilde Quotes

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Oscar Wilde Quotes

Love will fly if held too lightly Love will die if held too tightly . . .

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.

One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.

Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat.

Nature: a place where birds fly around uncooked

Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.

You are Beautiful when you are happy

Put your talent into your work, but your genius into your life.

A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight.

Never love anyone who treats you like you're ordinary.

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

Be moderate in all things, including moderation.

If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.

It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.

Some people always know the price, but not the value

Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious; both are disappointed.

Don't be afraid. There are exquisite things in store for you. This is merely the beginning.

Always be a little unexpected.

The curves of your lips rewrite history.

Don't give a woman advice; one should never give a woman anything she can't wear in the evening.

Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not.

A man who marries his mistress leaves a vacancy in that position.

We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.

Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.

Hear no evil, speak no evil, and you won't be invited to cocktail parties.

When both a speaker and an audience are confused, the speech is profound.

Any place that we love becomes our world.

The moment that an artist takes notice of what other people want, and tries to supply the demand, he ceases to be an artist.

Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

The only thing I cannot resist is temptation.

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

I love to talk about nothing. It's the only thing I know anything about.

It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.

To have become a deeper man is the privilege of those who have suffered.

I have spent most of the day putting in a comma and the rest of the day taking it out.

Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation.

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.

I can't stand people that do not take food seriously.

Because sometimes you have to do something bad to do something good.

Love is a misunderstanding between two fools.

Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious.

It is not the perfect, but the imperfect, who have need of love.

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.

Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.

Be yourself; everyone else is taken.

Placerea este testul naturii, semnul ei aprobator.

Sometimes, the unnecessary is necessary.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.

Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

It's beauty that captures your attention. personality which captures your heart.

The answers are all out there, we just need to ask the right questions.

Conformity is the last refuge of the unimaginitive

Life is too short to be taken seriously.

I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited.

If you cannot prove a man wrong, don't panic. You can always call him names.

What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise

Simple pleasures are the last healthy refuge in a complex world.

History is a lie commonly agreed upon.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.

The best way to enjoy your job is to imagine yourself without one.

True contentment is not having everything, but in being satisfied with everything you have.

Cats are put on earth to remind us that not everything has a purpose.

With age comes wisdom, but sometimes age comes alone.

I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed man.

The man who says his wife can't take a joke, forgets that she took him.

The only one you need in your life is that person who shows you he needs you in his.

A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks.

To look at a thing is very different from seeing it.

To define is to limit.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

Don't be discouraged if your children reject your advice. Years later they will offer it to their own offspring.

Crying is for plain women. Pretty women go shopping.

We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell.

They've promised that dreams can come true - but forgot to mention that nightmares are dreams, too.

I don't want to go to heaven. None of my friends are there.

A good friend will always stab you in the front.

I have a simple taste, only the best.

What fire does not destroy, it hardens

Two men look out a window. One sees mud, the other sees the stars.

You can never be overdressed or overeducated.

Circumstances should never alter principles!

With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy?

There is no such thing as morality or immorality in thought. There is immoral emotion.

To live in this world is a rare thing; most people just exist.

A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her.

In love, it is better to know and be disappointed, than to not know and always wonder.

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

Some things are too important to be taken seriously.

A passion for pleasure is the secret of remaining young.

Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.

Life is too short to learn German

If you don't get everything you want, think of the things you don't get that you don't want.

The best revenge is to live well.

Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. Second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience.

To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world, the most difficult and the most intellectual.

Marriage is a long, dull meal with dessert served at the beginning.

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Love will fly if held too lightly Love will die if held too tightly . . .
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.
One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.
Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat.
Nature: a place where birds fly around uncooked
Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.
You are Beautiful when you are happy
Put your talent into your work, but your genius into your life.
A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight.
Never love anyone who treats you like you're ordinary.
No man is rich enough to buy back his past.
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
Be moderate in all things, including moderation.
If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.
It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.
Some people always know the price, but not the value
Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious; both are disappointed.
Don't be afraid. There are exquisite things in store for you. This is merely the beginning.
Always be a little unexpected.
The curves of your lips rewrite history.
Don't give a woman advice; one should never give a woman anything she can't wear in the evening.
Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not.
A man who marries his mistress leaves a vacancy in that position.
We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.
Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.
Hear no evil, speak no evil, and you won't be invited to cocktail parties.
When both a speaker and an audience are confused, the speech is profound.
Any place that we love becomes our world.
The moment that an artist takes notice of what other people want, and tries to supply the demand, he ceases to be an artist.
Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
The only thing I cannot resist is temptation.
Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.
I love to talk about nothing. It's the only thing I know anything about.
It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.
To have become a deeper man is the privilege of those who have suffered.
I have spent most of the day putting in a comma and the rest of the day taking it out.
Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation.
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.
I can't stand people that do not take food seriously.
Because sometimes you have to do something bad to do something good.
Love is a misunderstanding between two fools.
Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious.
It is not the perfect, but the imperfect, who have need of love.
A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.
Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.
Be yourself; everyone else is taken.
Placerea este testul naturii, semnul ei aprobator.
Sometimes, the unnecessary is necessary.
Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.
Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it.
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.
It's beauty that captures your attention. personality which captures your heart.
The answers are all out there, we just need to ask the right questions.
Conformity is the last refuge of the unimaginitive
Life is too short to be taken seriously.
I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited.
If you cannot prove a man wrong, don't panic. You can always call him names.
What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise
Simple pleasures are the last healthy refuge in a complex world.
History is a lie commonly agreed upon.
Women are made to be loved, not understood.
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
The best way to enjoy your job is to imagine yourself without one.
True contentment is not having everything, but in being satisfied with everything you have.
Cats are put on earth to remind us that not everything has a purpose.
With age comes wisdom, but sometimes age comes alone.
I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed man.
The man who says his wife can't take a joke, forgets that she took him.
The only one you need in your life is that person who shows you he needs you in his.
A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks.
To look at a thing is very different from seeing it.
To define is to limit.
I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.
Don't be discouraged if your children reject your advice. Years later they will offer it to their own offspring.
Crying is for plain women. Pretty women go shopping.
We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell.
They've promised that dreams can come true - but forgot to mention that nightmares are dreams, too.
I don't want to go to heaven. None of my friends are there.
A good friend will always stab you in the front.
I have a simple taste, only the best.
What fire does not destroy, it hardens
Two men look out a window. One sees mud, the other sees the stars.
You can never be overdressed or overeducated.
Circumstances should never alter principles!
With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy?
There is no such thing as morality or immorality in thought. There is immoral emotion.
To live in this world is a rare thing; most people just exist.
A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her.
In love, it is better to know and be disappointed, than to not know and always wonder.
To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.
Some things are too important to be taken seriously.
A passion for pleasure is the secret of remaining young.
Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.
Life is too short to learn German
If you don't get everything you want, think of the things you don't get that you don't want.
The best revenge is to live well.
Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. Second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience.
To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world, the most difficult and the most intellectual.
Marriage is a long, dull meal with dessert served at the beginning.