Quotes from Oscar Wilde

And he goes through life, his mouth open, and his mind closed.

Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.

In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin.

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

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 life's sores the better.

The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.

Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not.

When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.

Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.

In married life three is company and two none.

Life is too important to be taken seriously.

All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.

There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.

Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.

I can't stand people that do not take food seriously.

An egg is always an adventure; the next one may be different.

To make a good salad is to be a brilliant diplomatist - the problem is entirely the same in both cases. To know exactly how much oil one must put with one's vinegar.

I don't want to go to heaven. None of my friends are there.

What is the good of friendship if one cannot say exactly what one means?

Friendship never forgets. That is the wonderful thing about it.

Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend's success.

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.