To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable.
– Oscar Wilde
“To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.”
– Oscar Wilde
“Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.”
– Oscar Wilde
“I am not young enough to know everything.”
– Oscar Wilde
“I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying.”
– Oscar Wilde
“Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.”
– Oscar Wilde
No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.’
– Oscar Wilde
“A man who pays his bills on time is soon forgotten.”
– Oscar Wilde
As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she is perfectly satisfied.
– Oscar Wilde
Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes.
– Oscar Wilde
The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.
– Oscar Wilde
Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing worth knowing can be taught.
– Oscar Wilde
“The heart was made to be broken.”
– Oscar Wilde
I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.
– Oscar Wilde
To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.
– Oscar Wilde
The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.
– Oscar Wilde
Too much work, and no vacation, Deserves at least a small libation. So hail! my friends, and raise your glasses, Work’s the curse of the drinking classes.
– Oscar Wilde
I like men who have a future and women who have a past.
– Oscar Wilde
A man’s face is his autobiography. A woman’s face is her work of fiction.
– Oscar Wilde
You can never be overdressed or overeducated.
– Oscar Wilde