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“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
“I like men who have a future and women who have a past.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
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
Oscar Wilde book The Picture of Dorian Gray
Variant: If there is anything more annoying in the world than having people talk about you, it is certainly having no one talk about you.
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray
“To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.”
Lord Goring, Act III
Source: An Ideal Husband (1895)
“It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.”
Oscar Wilde Lady Windermere's Fan
Lord Darlington, Act I
Source: Lady Windermere's Fan (1892)
“I can resist everything except temptation.”
Oscar Wilde Lady Windermere's Fan
Lord Darlington, Act I
Variant: I can resist everything except temptation
Source: Lady Windermere's Fan (1892)
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
A Few Maxims for the Instruction of the Over-Educated (1894)