One Liner Quotes | Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde is regarded as one of the most proficient and versatile writers of the English language.

He is famous for his comic masterpieces Lady Windermere's Fan and The Importance of Being Earnest, his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde, Irish-born writer is also known for his humorous, witty one-line quotations.

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Here are some of the Greatest Quotes by Oscar Wilde:

Hear no evil, speak no evil, and you won't be invited to cocktail parties.

- Oscar Wilde

Every woman becomes their mother. That's their tragedy. And no man becomes his. That's his tragedy.

- Oscar Wilde

They've promised that dreams can come true - but forgot to mention that nightmares are dreams, too.

- Oscar Wilde

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.

- Oscar Wilde

You are a wonderful creation. You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know.

- Oscar Wilde

Every woman is a rebel.

- Oscar Wilde

Literature always anticipates life. It doesn't copy it but moulds it to it's purpose.

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The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read.

- Oscar Wilde

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.

- Oscar Wilde

I think it's very healthy to spend time alone. You need to know how to be alone and not be defined by another person.

- Oscar Wilde

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

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Art only begins where imitation ends.

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Good taste is the excuse I've always given for leading such a bad life.

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Experience is a question of instinct about life.

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By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, journalism keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.

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A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

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I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything.

- Oscar Wilde

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

- Oscar Wilde

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Oscar Wilde

Hear no evil, speak no evil, and you won't be invited to cocktail parties.

Every woman becomes their mother. That's their tragedy. And no man becomes his. That's his tragedy.

They've promised that dreams can come true - but forgot to mention that nightmares are dreams, too.

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.

You are a wonderful creation. You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know.

Every woman is a rebel.

Literature always anticipates life. It doesn't copy it but moulds it to it's purpose.

The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.

I think it's very healthy to spend time alone. You need to know how to be alone and not be defined by another person.

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

Art only begins where imitation ends.

Good taste is the excuse I've always given for leading such a bad life.

Experience is a question of instinct about life.

By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, journalism keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.

A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything.

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.