Famous Quotes / Oscar Wilde
620 Quotations by Oscar Wilde
- 21. A true gentleman is one who is never unintentionally rude.
- 22. A well-tied tie is the first serious step in life.
- 23. A woman begins by resisting a man's advances, and ends by blocking his retreat.
- 24. A woman who cannot make her mistakes charming, is only a female.
- 25. A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.
- 26. About foxhunting: The unspeakable chasing the uneatable.
- 27. Absolute catholicity of taste is not without its dangers. It is only an auctioneer who should admire ...
- 28. Action is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.
- 29. Action: the last resource of those who know not how to dream.
- 30. Ah! Don't say you agree with me. When people agree with me I always feel that I must be wrong.
- 31. Alas, I am dying beyond my means.
- 32. All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their own peril. Th ...
- 33. All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.
- 34. All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.
- 35. All trials are trials for one's life, just as all sentences are sentences of death.
- 36. Always forgive your enemies -- Nothing annoys them so much.
- 37. Always! That is the dreadful word... it is a meaningless word, too.
- 38. Ambition is the last refuge of failure.
- 39. America had often been discovered before Columbus, but it had always been hushed up.
- 40. America has been discovered before, but it has always been hushed up.