Get Started
Home Authors Tags
Photo of oscar wilde

Oscar Wilde Quotes

Biography: Oscar Wilde is renowned for his sharp wit, flamboyant style, and celeb... more Biography: Oscar Wilde is renowned for his sharp wit, flamboyant style, and celebrated works, including "The Picture of Dorian Gray" and "The Importance of Being Earnest." Born in Dublin in 1854, Wilde became a leading figure in London's late-Victorian society. His incisive social commentary and unique aesthetic sense left a lasting impact on literature and the arts. less
"A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it"
Tags: Philosophy, Wisdom, Perspective, Perception, Truth
"The very essence of romance is uncertainty"
Tags: Love, Relationships, Passion, Emotion, Romance
"We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities"
Tags: Philosophy, Minimalism, Lifestyle, Materialism, Oscar wilde
"If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again there is no use in reading it at all"
Tags: Literature, Value, Reading, Books, Enjoyment
"What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise"
Tags: Resilience, Positivity, Perspective, Inspirational, Adversity
"There is no sin except stupidity"
Tags: Philosophy, Wisdom, Human nature, Morality, Intelligence
"The one charm of the past is that it is the past"
Tags: Reflection, Time, History, Memory, Nostalgia
"The mystery of love is greater than the mystery of death"
Tags: Philosophy, Love, Life, Relationships, Spirituality
"Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic"
Tags: Existence, Art, Beauty, Pain, Duality
"Arguments are to be avoided they are always vulgar and often convincing"
Tags: Communication, Conflict, Oscar wilde, Persuasion, Debate
"I don’t want to go to heaven None of my friends are there"
Tags: Relationships, Humor, Existentialism, Friendship, Death
"It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it"
Tags: Motivation, Inspiration, Personal development, Learning, Literature
"The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what Fiction means."
Tags: Happiness, Literature, Morality, Storytelling, Fate
"When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers."
Tags: Wisdom, Irony, Fate, Prayer, Oscar wilde
"Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known."
Tags: Creativity, Identity, Expression, Art, Self-expression
Instagram Icon Facebook Icon X Icon Threads Icon