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Oscar Wilde Quotes
"To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect."
"America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between."
"We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell."
"Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth."
"With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy?"
"Life is not complex. We are complex. Life is simple, and the simple thing is the right thing."
"What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing."
"To define is to limit."
"A poet can survive everything but a misprint."
"When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is."
"The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about."
"I think that God in creating Man somewhat overestimated his ability."
"I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best."
"No good deed goes unpunished."
"A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction."
"The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast."
"A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally."
"Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about."
"Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people we personally dislike."
"Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught."
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