Oscar Wilde quotes

Man can believe the impossible, but can never believe the improbable

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.

Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.

Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn’t. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.

Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That’s his.

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.

As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

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.

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