Oscar Wilde

It is a much cleverer thing to talk nonsense than to listen to it.

Oscar Wilde

It is a sad truth, but we have lost the faculty of giving lovely names to things.

Oscar Wilde

It is a very dangerous thing to know one’s friends.

Oscar Wilde

It is always a silly thing to give advice, but to give good advice is fatal.

Oscar Wilde

It is always with the best intentions that the worst work is done.

Oscar Wilde

It is always worth while asking a question, though it is not always worth while answering one.

Oscar Wilde

It is because Humanity has never known where it was going that it has been able to find its way.

Oscar Wilde

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

Oscar Wilde

It is better to repent a sin than regret the loss of a pleasure.

Oscar Wilde

It is curious how vanity helps the successful man and wrecks the failure.

Oscar Wilde