Oscar Wilde Quotes

  • The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves. The basis of optimism is sheer terror.Upload to Facebook
    The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves. The basis of optimism is sheer terror.
    ~ Oscar Wilde
  • Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.Upload to Facebook
    Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.
    ~ Oscar Wilde
  • It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.Upload to Facebook
    It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.
    ~ Oscar Wilde
  • The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.Upload to Facebook
    The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.
    ~ Oscar Wilde
  • There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.Upload to Facebook
    There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.
    ~ Oscar Wilde
  • Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.Upload to Facebook
    Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.
    ~ Oscar Wilde
  • Fashion is what one wears oneself. What is unfashionable is what other people wear.Upload to Facebook
    Fashion is what one wears oneself. What is unfashionable is what other people wear.
    ~ Oscar Wilde
  • A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure. I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.Upload to Facebook
    A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure. 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
  • Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.Upload to Facebook
    Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.
    ~ Oscar Wilde
  • Experience is the name we give to our mistakes.Upload to Facebook
    Experience is the name we give to our mistakes.
    ~ Oscar Wilde
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