Famous Oscar Wilde Quotes

  • Any preoccupation with ideas of what is right or wrong in conduct shows an arrested intellectual development. – Oscar Wilde

    Any preoccupation with ideas of what is right or wrong in conduct shows an arrested intellectual development.– Oscar Wilde

  • The well bred contradict other people. the wise contradict themselves. – Oscar Wilde

    The well bred contradict other people. the wise contradict themselves.– Oscar Wilde

  • I have learned this: it is not what one does that is wrong, but what one becomes as a consequence of it. – Oscar Wilde

    I have learned this: it is not what one does that is wrong, but what one becomes as a consequence of it.– Oscar Wilde

  • My dear fellow, you forget that we are in the native land of the hypocrite. – Oscar Wilde

    My dear fellow, you forget that we are in the native land of the hypocrite.– Oscar Wilde

  • The true perfection of man lies not in what man has, but in what man is. – Oscar Wilde

    The true perfection of man lies not in what man has, but in what man is.– Oscar Wilde

  • The aim of life is self-development – Oscar Wilde

    The aim of life is self-development– Oscar Wilde

  • Indifference is the revenge the world takes on mediocrities. – Oscar Wilde

    Indifference is the revenge the world takes on mediocrities.– Oscar Wilde

  • You cut life to pieces with your epigrams. – Oscar Wilde

    You cut life to pieces with your epigrams.– Oscar Wilde

  • Irony is wasted on the stupid – Oscar Wilde

    Irony is wasted on the stupid– Oscar Wilde

  • What people call insincerity is simply a method by which we can multiply our personalities. – Oscar Wilde

    What people call insincerity is simply a method by which we can multiply our personalities.– Oscar Wilde