Oscar Wilde Quotes

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Oscar Wilde

Profession : Poet

Birth : October 16, 1854

One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead.

Oscar Wilde

As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.

Oscar Wilde

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

Oscar Wilde

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.

Oscar Wilde

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

Oscar Wilde

The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.

Oscar Wilde

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

Oscar Wilde

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.

Oscar Wilde

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

Oscar Wilde

By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, journalism keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.

Oscar Wilde

She is a peacock in everything but beauty.

Oscar Wilde

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

Oscar Wilde

Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

Oscar Wilde

There is nothing so difficult to marry as a large nose.

Oscar Wilde

Art is individualism, and individualism is a disturbing and disintegrating force.

Oscar Wilde

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

Oscar Wilde

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is hitting below the intellect.

Oscar Wilde

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.

Oscar Wilde

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.

Oscar Wilde

One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.

Oscar Wilde