Oscar Wilde Quotes about Work

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When both a speaker and an audience are confused, the speech is profound.

When both a speaker and an audience are confused, the speech is profound.

Oscar Wilde

Inspirational, Confused, Work

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

Oscar Wilde

Funny, Witty, Work

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

Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.

Oscar Wilde

Work, Failure, Ambition

"Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young" (1894)

Who am I to tamper with a masterpiece?

Oscar Wilde

Work, Writing, Masterpiece

Oscar Wilde (2012). “The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde”, p.123, Courier Corporation

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.

Oscar Wilde

Life, Work, Book

Oscar Wilde (2012). “Oscar Wilde's Wit and Wisdom: A Book of Quotations”, p.3, Courier Corporation

A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.

Oscar Wilde

Art, Work, Unique

Oscar Wilde (1969). “The Artist as Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde”, p.270, University of Chicago Press

I have always been of the opinion that hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing whatever to do.

Oscar Wilde

Funny, Business, Work

"Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde".

He rides in the row at ten o clock in the morning, goes to the Opera three times a week, changes his clothes at least five times a day, and dines out every night of the season. You don't call that leading an idle life, do you?

Oscar Wilde

Morning, Work, Night

Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde”, p.594, Wordsworth Editions

One must have some sort of occupation nowadays. If I hadn't my debts I shouldn't have anything to think about.

Oscar Wilde

Business, Work, Thinking

To toil for a hard master is bitter, but to have no master to toil for is more bitter still.

Oscar Wilde

Work, Toil, Bitter

Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays”, p.364, GENERAL PRESS

It is always with the best intentions that the worst work is done.

Oscar Wilde

Life, Work, Government

Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays”, p.810, GENERAL PRESS

There is something tragic about the enormous number of young men there are in England at the present moment who start life with perfect profiles, and end by adopting some useful profession.

Oscar Wilde

Work, Men, Numbers

Oscar Wilde (1969). “The Artist as Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde”, p.437, University of Chicago Press