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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*.

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“I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it is simply a tragedy.”

— Oscar Wilde

Society

All Quotes by Oscar Wilde

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

— Oscar Wilde

Life

“This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.”

— Oscar Wilde

Hope

“Hatred is blind, as well as love.”

— Oscar Wilde

Love

“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

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

— Oscar Wilde

Future

“One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.”

— Oscar Wilde

Love

“Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive us everything, even our gigantic intellects.”

— Oscar Wilde

Love

“A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her.”

— Oscar Wilde

Love

“The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life.”

— Oscar Wilde

Life

“When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life now that I am old I know that it is.”

— Oscar Wilde

Life

“Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.”

— Oscar Wilde

Life

“It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to be good than to be ugly.”

— Oscar Wilde

Good

“It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.”

— Oscar Wilde

Art

“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

“Who, being loved, is poor?”

— Oscar Wilde

Love

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

— Oscar Wilde

Love

“Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not.”

— Oscar Wilde

Good

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

— Oscar Wilde

Food

“One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.”

— Oscar Wilde

Death

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

— Oscar Wilde

Good