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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

Punctuality is the thief of time

Oscar Wilde
Time, Work, Lying
Oscar Wilde (2007). “Epigrams of Oscar Wilde”, p.222, Wordsworth Editions

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