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“A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
“How clever are you, my dear! You never mean a single word you say!”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
“The happiness of a married man depends on the people he has not married.”
Oscar Wilde A Woman of No Importance
Source: A Woman of No Importance
Oscar Wilde book The Soul of Man under Socialism
The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1891)
Context: All modes of government are failures. Despotism is unjust to everybody, including the despot, who was probably made for better things. Oligarchies are unjust to the many, and ochlocracies are unjust to the few. High hopes were once formed of democracy; but democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.
“When a man is old enough to do wrong he should be old enough to do right also.”
Oscar Wilde A Woman of No Importance
Source: A Woman of No Importance
“It is because Humanity has never known where it was going that it has been able to find its way.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
Source: The Critic as Artist
“It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.”
Oscar Wilde book The Model Millionaire
The Model Millionaire (1912)
Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest
Algernon, Act I.
Variant: All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That’s his.
Source: The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)