Oscar Wilde Quotes

Here are our Oscar Wilde Quotes. We are happy to bring them to you. Yes we love Oscar Wilde’s writing. You really can’t ask for a more prolific and insightful writer, and his quotes to speak to the human condition in the same way. He has many amazing quotes, but we’ve picked these 10 as some that we like the most. We are not saying these are the best quotes (don’t send emails). We are just saying we like these quotes a lot. Please share them. Here are our Quotes by Oscar Wilde we hope you like them:

Are is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known. -Oscar Wilde

Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing. Oscar Wilde

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative. -Oscar Wilde

Experience is simply the name we give to our mistakes. -Oscar Wilde

The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything. -Oscar Wilde

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.-Oscar Wilde

True friends stab you in the front. -Oscar Wilde

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works. -Oscar Wilde

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself. -Oscar Wilde

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything. and the value of nothing. -Oscar Wilde

Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes. -Oscar Wilde

Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about. -Oscar Wilde

A poet can survive everything but misprint. -Oscar Wilde

Some cause happiness wherever they go;others whenever they go. -Oscar Wilde

No great artists ever sees things as they really are. if he did, he would cease to be an artist. -Oscar Wilde

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. -Oscar Wilde

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

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much. -Oscar Wilde

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