Wit of Wilde

I am not young enough to know everything.
Oscar Wilde

Morality, like art, means drawing a line someplace.
Oscar Wilde

One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.
Oscar Wilde

The only thing to do with good advice is pass it on. It is never any use to oneself.
Oscar Wilde

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.
Oscar Wilde

Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.
Oscar Wilde, An Ideal Husband, 1893, Act I

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.
Oscar Wilde, In Life of Oscar Wilde, H. Pearson

Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.
Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan, 1892, Act III

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest, 1895, Act I

A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891

The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray, and the advantage of science is that it is not emotional.
Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891

Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive us everything, even our intellects.
Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 - 1900)