Oscar Wilde Quotes about Truth
We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.
Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays”, p.819, GENERAL PRESS
"The Critic as Artist". Book by Oscar Wilde, 1891.
A truth ceases to be true when more than one person believes in it.
"Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young" (1894)
'A Woman of No Importance' (1893) act 1
If one tells the truth, one is sure, sooner or later, to be found out.
Oscar Wilde (2007). “Epigrams of Oscar Wilde”, p.197, Wordsworth Editions
Oscar Wilde (2000). “The Plays of Oscar Wilde”, p.368, Wordsworth Editions
Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: De profundis, "Epistola : in carcere et vinculis"”, p.98, Oxford University Press on Demand
Oscar Wilde (1899). “The Importance of Being Earnest”, p.151
A Woman of No Importance act 1 (1893)
Oscar Wilde (2015). “The truth of masks 1891”, p.22, Oscar Wilde