We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
Oscar Wilde Quotes
1854–1900
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish dramatist, essayist, novelist and poet.
Also known as: Oscar Wild, Wilde, Wilde, Oscar, The Nightingale and the Rose
353 quotes
A Woman of No Importance (1893)
Lady Windermere's Fan (1892)
The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)
Men marry because they are tired; women because they are curious. Both are disappointed.
A Woman of No Importance (1893)
We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language.
The Canterville Ghost (1887)
The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)
Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.
Lady Windermere's Fan (1892)
The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1891)
I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.
The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)
I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.
An Ideal Husband (1895)
There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love.
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890)
A cynic, a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
Lady Windermere's Fan (1892)
An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.
Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
Lady Windermere's Fan (1892)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890)
Really, if the lower orders don't set us a good example, what on earth is the use of them?
The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Oscar Wilde (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.