Top 25 Quotes by Oscar Wilde of 1859 - Page 46

When I see a spade, I call it a spade. I'm glad to say I have never seen a spade. The man who would call a spade a spade should be compelled to use it. It's the only thing he's fit for.

When I see a spade, I call it a spade. I'm glad to say I have never seen a spade. The man who would call a spade a spade should be compelled to use it. It's the only thing he's fit for.

Oscar Wilde

Men, Use, Fit

Oh, brothers! I don't care for brothers. My elder brother won't die, and my younger brothers seem never to do anything else.

Oscar Wilde

Brother, Care, Funny Brother

Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Joseph Bristow, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: The picture of Dorian Gray : the 1890 and 1891 texts”, p.11, Oxford University Press on Demand

A grand passion is the privelege of people who have nothing to do.

Oscar Wilde

Passion, People

There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally bad.

Oscar Wilde

Authority, Monarchs

Oscar Wilde (2016). “Aphorisms”, p.62, Oscar Wilde

There is more to be said for stupidity than people imagine. Personally I have a great admiration for stupidity. It is a sort of fellow-feeling, I suppose.

Oscar Wilde

Funny, People, Stupidity

Oscar Wilde (2016). “Aphorisms”, p.7, Oscar Wilde

A woman will flirt with anybody in the world as long as other people are looking on.

Oscar Wilde

Flirty, Flirting, Long

Oscar Wilde (2016). “Aphorisms”, p.8, Oscar Wilde

The man who can dominate a London dinner-table can dominate the world.

Oscar Wilde

Men, Political, World

1893 Lord Illingworth. A Woman of No Importance, act 3.

There is no man who is not, at each moment, what he has been and what he will be.

Oscar Wilde

Men, Moments, Has Beens

The past could always be annihilated. Regret, denial, or forgetfulness could do that. But the future was inevitable.

Oscar Wilde

Regret, Past, Anxiety

Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Joseph Bristow, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: The picture of Dorian Gray : the 1890 and 1891 texts”, p.96, Oxford University Press on Demand

If it is not nailed to the floor, it's mine. If I can pry it loose, it is not nailed down.

Oscar Wilde

Mines, Ifs, I Can

Its a beautiful woman's fate to be the subject of conversation where ever she goes

Oscar Wilde

Beautiful, Fate, Conversation

To be premature is to be perfect

Oscar Wilde

Perfect, Premature

Oscar Wilde (2012). “The Picture of Dorian Gray”, p.31, Oberon Books

It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.

Oscar Wilde

Life, Sadness, Useless Things

Oscar Wilde (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Oscar Wilde (Illustrated)”, p.1670, Delphi Classics

Nothing annoys people so much as not receiving invitations.

Oscar Wilde

People, Receiving, Annoying

Oscar Wilde (1899). “The Importance of Being Earnest”, p.16

Youth! There is nothing like youth. The middle-aged are mortgaged to Life. The old are in Life's lumber-room. But youth is the Lord of Life. Youth has a kingdom waiting for it. Every one is born a king, and most people die in exile.

Oscar Wilde

Time, Kings, People

Oscar Wilde (2004). “The Best of Oscar Wilde: Selected Plays and Writings”, p.142, Penguin

Bad art is a great deal worse than no art at all.

Oscar Wilde

Art, Artist, Art Is

Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays”, p.780, GENERAL PRESS

All trials are trials for one's life, just as all sentences are sentences of death.

Oscar Wilde

Death, Trials, Sentences

Oscar Wilde (2012). “The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde”, p.222, Courier Corporation

From the point of view of literature Mr. Kipling is a genius who drops his aspirates. From the point of view of life, he is a reporter who knows vulgarity better than any one has ever known it.

Oscar Wilde

Writing, Views, Genius

Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde”, p.1012, Wordsworth Editions

Alcohol, taken in sufficient quantities, may produce all the effects of drunkenness.

Oscar Wilde

Taken, Alcohol, May

How else but through a broken heart may Lord Christ enter in?

Oscar Wilde

Sad, Broken Heart, Heartbreak

The Ballad of Reading Gaol pt. 5, st. 14 (1898)

You know we poor artists have to show ourselves in society from time to time, just to remind the public that we are not savages.

Oscar Wilde

Artist, Savages, Poor

Oscar Wilde (2016). “The Picture of Dorian Gray”, p.11, Xist Publishing

There was so much in you that charmed me that I felt I must tell you something about yourself. I thought how tragic it would be if you were wasted.

Oscar Wilde

Would Be, About Yourself, Tragic

Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Joseph Bristow, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: The picture of Dorian Gray : the 1890 and 1891 texts”, p.187, Oxford University Press on Demand