50 All Time Evergreen Oscar Wilde Quotes – Must See #21

Oscar Wilde was an Anglo-Irish playwright novelist, poet, and critic. He is regarded as one of the greatest playwrights of the victorian era. In his lifetime he wrote nine plays, one novel, and numerous poems, short stories, and essays.

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Below are some of his best evergreen quotes by Oscar Wilde

1. “Man is least himself when he talks in his person. Give him a mask, and he will tell the truth.”
2. “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
3. “There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.”
4. “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
5. “I can never travel without my diary, one should always have something sensational to read on the train.”
6. “You can never be overdressed or overeducated.”
7. “The truth is rarely pure and never simple.”
8. “No man is rich enough to buy back his past.”
9. “Man is least himself when he talks in his person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.”
10. “Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.”
11. “Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.”
12. “The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.”
13. “The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.”
14. “Man can believe the impossible, but man can never believe the improbable.”
15. “There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally bad.”
16. “The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it’s dead for you.”
17. “I can resist everything except temptation.”
18. “A man’s face is his autobiography. A woman’s face is her work of fiction.”
19. “True friends stab you in the front.”
20. “Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
21. “Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.”
22. “Everything in moderation, including moderation.”
23. “The well-bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.”
24. “A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.”
25. “Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.”
26. “No great artist ever sees things as they are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.”
27. “One’s real life is so often the life that one does not lead.”
28. “It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But it is better to be good than to be ugly.”
29. “To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.”
30. “Experience is one thing you can’t get for nothing.”
31. “It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.”
32. “Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.”
33. “A man’s face is his autobiography. A woman’s face is her work of fiction.”
34. “I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.”
35. “We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.”
36. “Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world’s original sin. If the cave-man had known how to laugh, History would have been different.”
37. “A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is fatal.”
38. “When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.”
39. “The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.”
40. “The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its shame.”
41. “You can never be overdressed or over-educated.”
42. “I don’t want to go to heaven. None of my friends are there.”
43. “I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying.”
44. “A good friend will always stab you in the front.”
45. “Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.”
46. “Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.”
47. “Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.”
48. “I think God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.”
49. “Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.”
50. “I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.”

Conclusion

Oscar Wilde’s literal reputation rests largely on his novel “The Picture Of Domain Gray” (1891) and his masterful comedies of manner “Lady Wilderness Fan”(1892) and “The Importance of Being Earnest” (1895). He was also known for his wit, his flamboyance, and his trial and jail sentence for homosexual acts. See more Oscar Wilde quote.