Inspirational Quotations by Oscar Wilde

  • To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.
    From Issue 10
  • Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief.
    From Issue 15
  • The old believe everything;
    the middle aged suspect everything:
    the young know everything.
    Topic: Aging
    From Issue 17
  • No man is rich enough to buy back his past.
    From Issue 89
  • To live is the rarest thing in the world.
    Most people exist, that is all.
    Topic: Living
    From Issue 129
  • Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.
    From Issue 197
  • The only thing to do with good advice is
    pass it on. It is never any use to oneself.
    From Issue 212
  • Who, being loved, is poor?
    From Issue 220
  • Some cause happiness wherever they go;
    others, whenever they go.
  • A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
  • There are only two tragedies in life:
    one is not getting what one wants,
    and the other is getting it.
  • All great ideas are dangerous.
  • Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

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