172 Quotes By Oscar Wilde

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How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive.
Oscar Wilde on marriage

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.
Oscar Wilde on moderation

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.
Oscar Wilde on patriotism

Only the shallow know themselves.
Oscar Wilde on people

Simple pleasures are the last refuge of the complex.
Oscar Wilde on pleasure

When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.
Oscar Wilde on prayer

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 on society

Moderation is a fatal thing nothing succeeds like excess.
Oscar Wilde on success

Ambition is the last refuge of failure.
Oscar Wilde on success

Experience is the name that everyone gives to his mistakes.
Oscar Wilde on success

There is nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It is a thing no married man knows anything about.
Oscar Wilde on wife

Women are made to be loved, not understood.
Oscar Wilde on women