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Lord Goring, Act I
Variant: The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.
Source: An Ideal Husband (1895)

“Women have a much better time than men in this world; there are far more things forbidden to them.”

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet

“One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age. A woman who would tell one that would tell one anything.”

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet

“Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.”

Oscar Wilde book The Picture of Dorian Gray

Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray

“Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.”

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet

“An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.”

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet

The Epigrams of Oscar Wilde, edited by Alvin Redman (1954)

“The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.”

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet

Source: The Soul of Man Under Socialism, and Selected Critical Prose

“There is no sin except stupidity.”

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet

Source: The Critic as Artist (1891), Part II

“Some things are more precious because they don't last long.”

Oscar Wilde book The Picture of Dorian Gray

Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray

“Everything in moderation, including moderation.”

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet

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

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet

“Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.”

Oscar Wilde book The Picture of Dorian Gray

Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray

“Live! Live the wonderful life that is in you! Let nothing be lost upon you. Be always searching for new sensations. Be afraid of nothing.”

Oscar Wilde book The Picture of Dorian Gray

Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray

“Nowadays 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.”

Oscar Wilde book The Picture of Dorian Gray

Variant: One of the great secrets of life. Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense and discover too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes.
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray