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Oscar Wilde

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Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) was an Irish poet and playwright who became one of the most celebrated writers of the late Victorian era. Famous for his biting wit, flamboyant style, and masterful use of language, Wilde wrote enduring works including *The Importance of Being Earnest* and *The Picture of Dorian Gray*.

“Success is a science if you have the conditions, you get the result.”

— Oscar Wilde

Science

All Quotes by Oscar Wilde

“Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.”

— Oscar Wilde

Future

“Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great deal of harm.”

— Oscar Wilde

Great

“There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love.”

— Oscar Wilde

Love

“Children begin by loving their parents after a time they judge them rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.”

— Oscar Wilde

Time

“No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.”

— Oscar Wilde

Age

“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

War

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

— Oscar Wilde

Best

“Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion.”

— Oscar Wilde

Good

“I want my food dead. Not sick, not dying, dead.”

— Oscar Wilde

Food

“A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.”

— Oscar Wilde

Work

“All art is quite useless.”

— Oscar Wilde

Art

“How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive.”

— Oscar Wilde

Marriage

“The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a great deal too much for it.”

— Oscar Wilde

Great

“The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.”

— Oscar Wilde

Life

“If one plays good music, people don't listen and if one plays bad music people don't talk.”

— Oscar Wilde

Good

“A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.”

— Oscar Wilde

Dreams

“It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.”

— Oscar Wilde

Good

“Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.”

— Oscar Wilde

Attitude

“If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.”

— Oscar Wilde

Good

“He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.”

— Oscar Wilde

Friendship