Ones real life is so often the life that one does not lead. – Oscar Wilde
It is only by not paying ones bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes. – Oscar Wilde
If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesnt. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism. – Oscar Wilde
If one plays good music, people dont listen and if one plays bad music people dont talk. – Oscar Wilde
Experience is one thing you cant get for nothing. – Oscar Wilde
There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with the colour, the beauty, the joy of life. The less said about lifes sores the better. – Oscar Wilde
The moment you think you understand a great work of art, its dead for you. – Oscar Wilde
Women are made to be loved, not understood. – Oscar Wilde
As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular. – Oscar Wilde
The truth is rarely pure and never simple. – Oscar Wilde
I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train. – Oscar Wilde
Children begin by loving their parents after a time they judge them rarely, if ever, do they forgive them. – Oscar Wilde
The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or near relation. – Oscar Wilde
If there was less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world. – Oscar Wilde
If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society here would be quite civilized. – Oscar Wilde
Society exists only as a mental concept in the real world there are only individuals. – Oscar Wilde
I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it is simply a tragedy. – Oscar Wilde
Success is a science if you have the conditions, you get the result. – Oscar Wilde
Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement. – Oscar Wilde
It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information. – Oscar Wilde
