Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught. Oscar Wilde on education
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes. Oscar Wilde on experience
Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing. Oscar Wilde on experience
Ambition is the last refuge of the failure. Oscar Wilde on failure
Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life. Oscar Wilde on family
I want my food dead. Not sick, not dying, dead. Oscar Wilde on food
Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much. Oscar Wilde on forgiveness
The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius. Oscar Wilde on forgiveness
True friends stab you in the front. Oscar Wilde on friendship
An excellent man he has no enemies and none of his friends like him. Oscar Wilde on friendship
Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one. Oscar Wilde on friendship
He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends. Oscar Wilde on friendship
Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship. Oscar Wilde on friendship
Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future. Oscar Wilde on future
I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability. Oscar Wilde on god
I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability. Oscar Wilde on god
It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to be good than to be ugly. Oscar Wilde on good
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. Oscar Wilde on good
It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious. Oscar Wilde on good
Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not. Oscar Wilde on good