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629 Powerful Oscar Wilde Quotes to Inspire You

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About Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde, born on October 16, 1854, in Dublin, Ireland, was a celebrated playwright, novelist, and poet known for his sharp wit, unique style, and contributions to the literary world. His works have left a lasting impact on both literature and the arts, often addressing themes of love, society, and the human condition with a satirical edge.

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Here are 629 Powerful quotes by Oscar Wilde on various topics to inspire you.

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Women love us for our defects If we have enough

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

Love, Defects, Irony, Gender, Relationships

Biography lends to death a new terror

2. “Biography lends to death a new terror.”

Biography, Death, Irony, Life, Reflection

Now that the House of Commons is trying to become

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

Government, Irony, Politics, Society, Observation

I think it is perfectly natural for any artist to

4. “I think it is perfectly natural for any artist to admire intensely and love a young man. It is an incident in the life of almost every artist.”

Art, Admiration, Love, Irony, Relationships

The only thing to do with good advice is to

5. “The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.”

Advice, Irony, Society, Communication, Reflection

Ambition is the last refuge of the failure

6. “Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.”

Ambition, Failure, Irony, Society, Critique

Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense

7. “Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes.”

Common Sense, Regret, Irony, Life, Reflection

Charity creates a multitude of sins

8. “Charity creates a multitude of sins.”

Charity, Irony, Morality, Society, Critique

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the

9. “Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.”

Art, Individualism, Intensity, Expression, Creativity

Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they

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

Children, Parents, Love, Judgment, Relationships

The world is a stage but the play is badly

11. “The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.”

World, Theater, Irony, Society, Observation

Writing bores me so

12. “Writing bores me so.”

Writing, Boredom, Irony, Creativity, Expression

One's past is what one is It is the only

13. “One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged.”

Past, Identity, Judgment, Philosophy, Individualism

I have never given adoration to any body except myself

14. “I have never given adoration to any body except myself.”

Adoration, Self-Love, Irony, Individualism, Philosophy

Let us have no machine-made ornament at all; it is

15. “Let us have no machine-made ornament at all; it is all bad and worthless and ugly.”

Ornament, Aesthetics, Irony, Art, Society

One should always play fairly when one has the winning

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

Fairness, Strategy, Irony, Society, Life

Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real

17. “Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.”

Society, Individualism, Philosophy, Irony, Perception

Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom

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

Morality, Attitude, Irony, Society, Philosophy

Pessimist: One who when he has the choice of two

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

Pessimism, Choice, Irony, Human Nature, Philosophy

I always pass on good advice It is the only

20. “I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.”

Advice, Irony, Communication, Society, Reflection

Anybody can be good in the country There are no

21. “Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there.”

Goodness, Temptation, Irony, Nature, Society

Alas I am dying beyond my means

22. “Alas, I am dying beyond my means.”

Death, Irony, Existence, Philosophy, Society

If you pretend to be good the world takes you

23. “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.”

Pretension, Irony, Optimism, Society, Philosophy

In its primary aspect a painting has no more spiritual

24. “In its primary aspect, a painting has no more spiritual message than an exquisite fragment of Venetian glass. The channels by which all noble and imaginative work in painting should touch the soul are not those of the truths of lives.”

Art, Spirituality, Philosophy, Irony, Perception

He has no enemies but is intensely disliked by his

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

Enemies, Friendship, Irony, Relationships, Society

London is too full of fogs and serious people Whether

26. “London is too full of fogs and serious people. Whether the fogs produce the serious people, or whether the serious people produce the fogs, I don't know.”

London, Fog, Irony, Society, Observation

If there was less sympathy in the world there would

27. “If there was less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world.”

Sympathy, Trouble, Irony, Society, Philosophy

In married life three is company and two none

28. “In married life three is company and two none.”

Marriage, Relationships, Irony, Social Dynamics, Observation

All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling

29. “All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.”

Poetry, Emotion, Irony, Creativity, Art

Mr Henry James writes fiction as if it were a

30. “Mr. Henry James writes fiction as if it were a painful duty.”

Fiction, Duty, Critique, Literature, Irony