Oscar Wilde

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

Oscar Wilde

The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what Fiction means.

Oscar Wilde

The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.

Oscar Wilde

The one charm of the past is that it is the past.

Oscar Wilde

The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.

Oscar Wilde

The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly, terribly deceived.

Oscar Wilde

The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or near relation.

Oscar Wilde

The world is a stage and the play is badly cast.

Oscar Wilde

The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork.

Oscar Wilde

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

Oscar Wilde