Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do. – Oscar Wilde
I would sooner have fifty unnatural vices than one unnatural virtue. – Oscar Wilde
A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her. – Oscar Wilde
The basis of optimism is sheer terror. – Oscar Wilde
Children begin by loving their parents. After a time they judge them. Rarely, if ever, do they forgive them. – Oscar Wilde
The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast. – Oscar Wilde
A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it. – Oscar Wilde
Good taste is the excuse I’ve always given for leading such a bad life. – Oscar Wilde
The play was a great success. But the audience was a failure. – Oscar Wilde
What is the good of friendship if one cannot say exactly what one means? Anybody can say charming things and try to please and flatter, but a true friend always says unpleasant things, and does not mind giving pain. – Oscar Wilde
An acquaintance that begins with a compliment is sure to develop into a real friendship. It starts in the right manner. – Oscar Wilde
I like talking to a brick wall; it's the only thing in the world that never contradicts me! – Oscar Wilde
The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. – Oscar Wilde
I never put off 'til tomorrow what i can possibly do the day after. – Oscar Wilde
Man can believe the impossible, but man can never believe the improbable. – Oscar Wilde
No man is rich enough to buy back his past. – Oscar Wilde
I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never any use to oneself. – Oscar Wilde
Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us. – Oscar Wilde
People who count their chickens before they are hatched act very wisely, because chickens run about so absurdly that it is impossible to count them accurately. – Oscar Wilde
Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes. – Oscar Wilde
The old believe everything; the middle-aged suspect everything; the young know everything. – Oscar Wilde
They do not sin at all; who sin for love. – Oscar Wilde
When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving oneself; and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance. – Oscar Wilde
Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless, and cannot. – Oscar Wilde
Even men of the noblest possible moral character are extremely susceptible to the influence of the physical charms of others. – Oscar Wilde
Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and richness to life that nothing else can bring. – Oscar Wilde
To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance. – Oscar Wilde