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“He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
“The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
Source: The Artist as Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde Lady Windermere's Fan
Mr. Dumby, Act III
Variant: There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.
Source: Lady Windermere's Fan (1892)
“A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
Source: The Critic as Artist (1891), Part II
“Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is by far the best ending for one.”
Oscar Wilde book The Picture of Dorian Gray
Variant: Laughter is not a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is the best ending for one.
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray
“The nicest feeling in the world is to do a good deed anonymously-and have somebody find out.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
Oscar Wilde book The Happy Prince and Other Tales
" The Remarkable Rocket http://www.online-literature.com/wilde/179/". <br class="br">The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888) <br class="br">Variant: Hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing whatever to do.
“Society often forgives the criminal; it never forgives the dreamer.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
“America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
“If you are not long, I will wait for you all my life.”
Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest
Gwendolen, Act III.
The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)
Variant: If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.
“A bore is someone who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
Oscar Wilde book The Picture of Dorian Gray
Variant: I wish you would tell me your secret. To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable.
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde book The Picture of Dorian Gray
Lord Illingworth, Act III.
A Woman of No Importance (1893)
Variant: Men marry because they are tired; women because they are curious. Both are disappointed.
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray
“Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about it.”
Oscar Wilde Lady Windermere's Fan
Variant: Often quoted as: Life is far too important to be taken seriously.
Variant: Often quoted as: Life is too important to be taken seriously.
Variant: Often quoted as: Life is too important to take seriously.
Source: Lady Windermere's Fan (1892), Lord Darlington, Act I
“Ah! Don't say you agree with me. When people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
This also appears in Lady Windermere's Fan (1892), Act II
The Critic as Artist (1891), Part II
