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Oscar Wilde

Irish poet, novelist and playwright; b. 1854; d. 1900  ·  22 aphorisms  ·  no comments

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Comment#  ·  **-- Fair (898 ratings)  ·  submitted 1999

A cynic is one who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

[aphorist] Oscar Wilde, in [category] Altruism and Cynicism

Comment#  ·  **-- Fair (356 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997

A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

[aphorist] Oscar Wilde, in [category] Altruism and Cynicism

Comment#  ·  **-- Fair (358 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997

America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.

[aphorist] Oscar Wilde, in [category] Law and Politics

Comment#  ·  **-- Fair (317 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997

Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.

[aphorist] Oscar Wilde, in [category] Love and Hate

Comment#  ·  **-- Fair (345 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997

Education is an admirable thing, but nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

[aphorist] Oscar Wilde, in [category] Wisdom and Ignorance

Comment#  ·  **-- Fair (332 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997

I am not young enough to know everything.

[aphorist] Oscar Wilde, in [category] Wisdom and Ignorance

Comment#  ·  **-- Fair (326 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997

I can resist everything except temptation.

[aphorist] Oscar Wilde, in [category] Altruism and Cynicism and [category] Vice and Virtue

Comment#  ·  **-- Fair (329 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997

I think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability.

[aphorist] Oscar Wilde, in [category] Science and Religion

Comment#  ·  **-- Fair (312 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997

I was asked by the customs if I had anything to declare. I said: Yes, I'd like to declare -- I'm a genius!

[aphorist] Oscar Wilde, in [category] Wisdom and Ignorance

Comment#  ·  **-- Fair (359 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997

In life, we are all in the gutter. Some of us just tend to look up at the stars.

[aphorist] Oscar Wilde, in [category] Happiness and Misery

Comment#  ·  **-- Fair (355 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.

[aphorist] Oscar Wilde, in [category] Science and Religion and [category] Wisdom and Ignorance

Comment#  ·  **-- Fair (337 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997

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

[aphorist] Oscar Wilde, in [category] Love and Hate

Comment#  ·  **-- Fair (338 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.

[aphorist] Oscar Wilde, in [category] Success and Failure and [category] Vice and Virtue

Comment#  ·  **-- Fair (316 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

[aphorist] Oscar Wilde, in [category] Success and Failure

Comment#  ·  **-- Fair (346 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997

The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.

[aphorist] Oscar Wilde, in [category] Altruism and Cynicism

Comment#  ·  **-- Fair (325 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.

[aphorist] Oscar Wilde, in [category] Vice and Virtue

Comment#  ·  **-- Fair (329 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.

[aphorist] Oscar Wilde, in [category] Altruism and Cynicism

Comment#  ·  **-- Fair (377 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, the other is getting it.

[aphorist] Oscar Wilde, in [category] Wealth and Poverty

Comment#  ·  **-- Fair (116 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

[aphorist] Oscar Wilde, in [category] Altruism and Cynicism

Comment#  ·  **-- Fair (92 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

[aphorist] Oscar Wilde, in [category] Work and Recreation

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