Oscar Wilde Quotes (126+)

Enjoy the best Oscar Wilde Quotes. Quotations by Oscar Wilde (Irish Poet and Playwright)
Oct 16, 1854 - Nov 30, 1900

It is only the modern that ever becomes old-fashioned.

The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.

Some things are too important to be taken seriously.

Men always want to be a woman's first love, women like to be a man's last romance.

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.

It is absurd to have a hard and fast rule about what one should read and what one shouldn't. More than half of modern culture depends on what one shouldn't read.

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.

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

There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written.

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.

The only charm of marriage is that it makes a life of deception necessary for both parties.

A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

About the Author

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) was a brilliant Irish writer and a central figure in the Aesthetic movement. Famous for his wit, flamboyant style, and sharp social commentary in plays like 'The Importance of Being Earnest' and his novel 'The Picture of Dorian Gray.'