Quotes by Oscar Wilde

“Life is one fool thing after another whereas love is two fool things after each other.”

“The vilest deeds like poison-weeds- Bloom well in prison-air: It is only what is good in Man - That wastes and withers there: Pale Anguish keeps the heavy gate - And the Warden is Despair”

“The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can resist everything but temptation.”

“People say they love truth, but in reality they want to believe that which they love is true.”

“The road to truth is long, and lined the entire way with annoying bastards.”

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

“When a love comes to an end, weaklings cry, efficient ones instantly find another love, and the wise already have one in reserve.”

“No man is rich enough to buy back his past.”

“Self denial is the shining sore on the leprous body of Christianity.”

“Its failings notwithstanding, there is much to be said in favor of journalism in that by giving us the opinion of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.”

“The mere mechanical technique of acting can be taught, but the spirit that is to give life to lifeless forms must be born in a man. No dramatic college can teach its pupils to think or to feel. It is Nature who makes our artists for us, though it may be Art who taught them their right mode of expression.”

“My great mistake, the fault for which I cant forgive myself, is that one day I ceased my obstinate pursuit of my own individuality.”

“Those who are faithless know the pleasures of love; it is the faithful who know loves tragedies”

“Expect nothing, but know that great things lie ahead for you”

“Only love is like an arrow to your heart; the more you try to take it out, the more pain and blood you get”

“Cherish yesterday. dream tomorrow, live like crazy today!!”

“Flattery is telling the other person precisely what he thinks about himself”

“Hope is the only good that is common to all men; those who have nothing else possess hope still”

“Men are like a deck of cards, you need a heart to love em, a diamond to marry em, a club to beat em and a spade to bury em”

“It takes an extraordinary intelligence to contemplate the obvious”