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Oscar Wilde Quotes about Funny - Page 2

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Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

Love, Inspirational, Funny

Oscar Wilde (1947). “The Happy Prince”, p.16, New Line Publishing

A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

Inspirational, Funny, Witty

Oscar Wilde (2016). “Aphorisms”, p.64, Oscar Wilde

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.

Funny, Sarcastic, Witty

When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.

Funny, Life, Inspiring

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

Funny, Witty, Work

Quoted in Frank Harris, Oscar Wilde: His Life and Confessions (1916)

I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything.

Love, Funny, Boyfriend

Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde”, p.452, Wordsworth Editions

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.

Funny, Witty, Being Yourself

Intentions "The Critic as Artist" pt. 2 (1891)

One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.

Love, Funny, Sarcastic

Oscar Wilde (2004). “The Best of Oscar Wilde: Selected Plays and Writings”, p.144, Penguin

A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her.

Love, Inspirational, Funny

Oscar Wilde (1997). “Collected Works of Oscar Wilde: The Plays, the Poems, the Stories and the Essays Including De Profundis”, p.124, Wordsworth Editions

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.

Funny, Marriage, Valentines Day

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

Love, Funny, Hilarious

Oscar Wilde (2013). “The Canterville Ghost and Other Stories”, p.75, eBookIt.com

Don't give a woman advice; one should never give a woman anything she can't wear in the evening.

Funny, Sarcastic, Spiritual

Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat.

Funny, Marriage, Sarcastic

Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.

Funny, Life, Witty

Oscar Wilde (1947). “The Happy Prince”, p.16, New Line Publishing

The only way a woman can ever reform a man is by boring him so completely that he loses all possible interest in life.

Funny, Life, Break Up

Oscar Wilde (2015). “The Picture of Dorian Gray”, p.119, First Avenue Editions

A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.

Funny, Sarcastic, Witty

Oscar Wilde (2014). “The Wit and Wisdom of Oscar Wilde”, p.13, Courier Corporation

Only the shallow know themselves.

Funny, Life, Sarcastic

Oscar Wilde, Alvin Redman (1959). “The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde”, p.209, Courier Corporation

One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.

Inspirational, Funny, Life

Oscar Wilde (2004). “The Best of Oscar Wilde: Selected Plays and Writings”, p.187, Penguin

Hatred is blind, as well as love.

Love, Funny, Witty

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.

Funny, Drinking, Beer

Oscar Wilde (2012). “Oscar Wilde's Wit and Wisdom: A Book of Quotations”, p.26, Courier Corporation

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

Funny, Sarcastic, Patriotic

Oscar Wilde (2007). “Epigrams of Oscar Wilde”, p.144, Wordsworth Editions

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.

Funny, Sarcastic, Fashion

Oscar Wilde “The Picture of Dorian Gray - and more”, Eighty Pence Books

All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.

Funny, Mothers Day, Mom

The Importance of Being Earnest act 1 (1895). The same lines appear, as a dialogue between Lord Illingworth and Mrs. Allonby, in A Woman of No Importance, act 2 (1893).

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

Inspirational, Funny, Witty

Oscar Wilde, Alvin Redman (1959). “The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde”, p.249, Courier Corporation

Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious; both are disappointed.

Funny, Marriage, Sarcastic

The Picture of Dorian Gray ch. 4 (1891).Wilde used the same words in A Woman of No Importance (1893).

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