Oscar Wilde

(Irish poet, novelist and playwright; born 1854; died 1900)

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

{Category: Altruism and Cynicism}

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

{Category: Altruism and Cynicism}

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

{Category: Law and Politics}

Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same. [Select]

{Category: Love and Hate}

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

{Category: Wisdom and Ignorance}

Either those curtains go or I do. [Select]

(last words) {Category: Life and Death}

I am not young enough to know everything. [Select]

{Category: Wisdom and Ignorance}

I can resist everything except temptation. [Select]

{Categories: Altruism and Cynicism, Vice and Virtue}

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

{Category: Science and Religion}

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

{Category: Wisdom and Ignorance}

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

{Category: Happiness and Misery}

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

{Categories: Science and Religion, Wisdom and Ignorance}

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

{Category: Love and Hate}

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess. [Select]

{Categories: Success and Failure, Vice and Virtue}

The basis of optimism is sheer terror. [Select]

{Category: Success and Failure}

The only thing that men and women have in common, is that they both prefer the company of men. [Select]

{Category: Men and Women}

The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about. [Select]

{Category: Altruism and Cynicism}

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

{Category: Vice and Virtue}

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple. [Select]

{Category: Altruism and Cynicism}

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

{Category: Wealth and Poverty}

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