353 quotes
Wherever there is a man who exercises authority, there is a man who resists authority.
The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1891)
I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.
Truth, in the matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived.
The Critic as Artist (1891)
When a man has no enemy left there must be something mean about him.
Vera; or, The Nihilists (1880)
Life is much too important a thing ever to talk seriously about it.
Vera; or, The Nihilists (1880)
Don't be deceived, George. Children begin by loving their parents. After a time they judge them. Rarely if ever do they forgive them.
A Woman of No Importance (1893)
Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life. Mothers are different. Mothers are darlings.
An Ideal Husband (1895)
How else but through a broken heart
May Lord Christ enter in?
The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1898)
Indifference is the revenge the world takes on mediocrities.
Vera; or, The Nihilists (1880)
A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.
The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1891)
There is always more brass than brains in an aristocracy.
Vera; or, The Nihilists (1880)
Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.
The Decay of Lying (1889)
Experience, the name men give to their mistakes.
Vera; or, The Nihilists (1880)
One should always be a little improbable.
Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young (1894)
Only good questions deserve good answers.
De Profundis (1897)
Good kings are the enemies of democracy.
Vera; or, The Nihilists (1880)
It is always the unreadable that occurs.
The Decay of Lying (1889)
To be in love is to surpass one's self.
The only possible society is oneself.
An Ideal Husband (1895)
No gentleman ever has any money.
The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)