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This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

Oscar Wilde, Alyssa Harad (2005). “The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays”, p.97, Simon and Schuster

I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability.

Oscar Wilde (2012). “Oscar Wilde's Wit and Wisdom: A Book of Quotations”, p.12, Courier Corporation

As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she is perfectly satisfied.

Oscar Wilde (2015). “The Picture of Dorian Gray (Diversion Classics)”, p.54, Diversion Books

It is always a silly thing to give advice, but to give good advice is absolutely fatal.

Oscar Wilde (2012). “The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde”, p.161, Courier Corporation

Biography lends to death a new terror.

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

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

Oscar Wilde (2016). “Reviews”, p.121, Oscar Wilde

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.

Oscar Wilde (2015). “The Picture of Dorian Gray”, p.61, First Avenue Editions

Music makes one feel so romantic - at least it always gets on one's nerves - which is the same thing nowadays.

Oscar Wilde (2000). “The Plays of Oscar Wilde”, p.266, Wordsworth Editions

My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's.

Oscar Wilde (2016). “The Importance of Being Earnest: Revised Edition”, p.76, Bloomsbury Publishing

There is nothing so difficult to marry as a large nose.

Oscar Wilde (2013). “An Ideal Husband: Second Edition, Revised”, p.36, A&C Black

Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life.

Oscar Wilde (2004). “The Best of Oscar Wilde: Selected Plays and Writings”, p.233, Penguin

If one plays good music, people don't listen and if one plays bad music people don't talk.

Oscar Wilde (2004). “The Best of Oscar Wilde: Selected Plays and Writings”, p.257, Penguin

I love acting. It is so much more real than life.

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.55, Oxford University Press on Demand

All art is quite useless.

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