Oscar Wilde Quotes - Page 6

• Extravagance is the luxury of the poor; penury is the luxury of the rich.

  Oscar Wilde

  Luxury, Extravagance, Rich

  Oscar Wilde (2007). “Epigrams of Oscar Wilde”, p.187, Wordsworth Editions

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• Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut; the pessimist the hole!

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Positive, Attitude

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• There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Life, Witty

  Oscar Wilde (2012). “Epigrams”, p.37, BoD – Books on Demand

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• One's dreams must be big enough so as not to lose sight of them.

  Oscar Wilde

  Dream, Sight, Enough

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• Love is like a war; easy to start but hard to end and you never know where it might take you.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Witty, War

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• The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Life, Sarcastic

  Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays”, p.810, GENERAL PRESS

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• The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life.

  Oscar Wilde

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Soul

  Oscar Wilde (2012). “The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde”, p.168, Courier Corporation

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• Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

  Oscar Wilde

  Inspirational, Funny, Sarcastic

  Oscar Wilde (2014). “The Wit and Wisdom of Oscar Wilde”, p.127, Courier Corporation

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

  Oscar Wilde

  Love, Funny, Sarcastic

  Oscar Wilde (2004). “The Best of Oscar Wilde: Selected Plays and Writings”, p.144, Penguin

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• Love will fly if held too lightly Love will die if held too tightly . . .

  Oscar Wilde

  Wise, Dies, Ifs

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• The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork.

  Oscar Wilde

  Oysters, World, Table Manners

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• When both a speaker and an audience are confused, the speech is profound.

  Oscar Wilde

  Inspirational, Confused, Work

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• To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.

  Oscar Wilde

  Future, Expectations, Unexpected

  Oscar Wilde (2013). “An Ideal Husband: Second Edition, Revised”, p.93, A&C Black

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• To have become a deeper man is the privilege of those who have suffered.

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  Adversity, Men, Privilege

  Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays”, p.730, GENERAL PRESS

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• To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

  Oscar Wilde

  Love, Life, Confidence

  "Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young" (1894)

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• Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.

  Oscar Wilde

  Greatness, Mediocrity, Pay

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• An excellent man; he has no enemies; and none of his friends like him.

  Oscar Wilde

  Friendship, Funny Friend, Men

  Quoted in George Bernard Shaw, Letter to Ellen Terry, 25 Sept. 1896 See Wilde 39

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• Pleasure is the only thing one should live for, nothing ages like happiness.

  Oscar Wilde

  Happiness, Age, Consciousness

  Oscar Wilde (2016). “Miscellanies”, p.173, Oscar Wilde

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• The good we get from art is not what we learn from it; it is what we become through it.

  Oscar Wilde

  Art, Art Is

  Oscar Wilde (2016). “Essays and Lectures”, p.76, Xist Publishing

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• I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.

  Oscar Wilde

  Strength, Emotional, Use

  Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Joseph Bristow, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: The picture of Dorian Gray : the 1890 and 1891 texts”, p.85, Oxford University Press on Demand

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• An idea that isn't risky is hardly worth calling an idea.

  Oscar Wilde

  Ideas, Calling

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• Thinking is wonderful, but the experience is even more wonderful.

  Oscar Wilde

  Thinking, Wonderful

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• One should always be a little improbable.

  Oscar Wilde

  Littles, Consciousness, Should

  Oscar Wilde (2016). “Miscellanies”, p.173, Oscar Wilde

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

  Oscar Wilde

  Real, Individuality, Society

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• Indeed I have always been of the opinion that hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing to do.

  Oscar Wilde

  Hard Work, People, Opinion

  Oscar Wilde (2008). “Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde”, p.50, Penguin

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