--- title: "17 Charming Quotes By Oscar Wilde" description: "17 Charming quotes by Oscar Wilde. Plus more from Oscar Wilde and more Charming sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/750/oscar-wilde-16_charming_a-woman-who-cannot-make-her-mistakes-cha_3048630.jpg" --- > [A woman who cannot make her mistakes charming, is only a female.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/a-woman-who-cannot-make-her-mistakes-charming-is-only-a-female/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/750/oscar-wilde-16_charming_a-woman-who-cannot-make-her-mistakes-cha_3048630.jpg) > [“If a woman cannot make her mistakes charming, she is only a female.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/if-a-woman-cannot-make-her-mistakes-charming-she-is-only-a-female/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e07/oscar-wilde-16_charisma_if-a-woman-cannot-make-her-mistakes-char_2275404.jpg) > [People are either charming or tedious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/people-are-either-charming-or-tedious/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb8/oscar-wilde-16_charming_people-are-either-charming-or-tedious-13_1390352.jpg) > [“All charming people are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/all-charming-people-are-spoiled-it-is-the-secret-of-their-attraction/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/785/oscar-wilde-16_humor_all-charming-people-are-spoiled-it-is-th_1698121.jpg) > [The weather still continues charming.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-weather-still-continues-charming/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85f/oscar-wilde-16_charming_the-weather-still-continues-charming-256_2562044.jpg) > [Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/those-who-find-ugly-meanings-in-beautiful-things-are-corrupt-without-3/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35f/oscar-wilde-16_beautiful_those-who-find-ugly-meanings-in-beautifu_2370240.jpg) > [All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/all-charming-people-i-fancy-are-spoiled-it-is-the-secret-of-their/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5d/oscar-wilde-16_attraction_all-charming-people-i-fancy-are-spoiled_1301811.jpg) > [It is a great mistake for men to give up paying compliments, for when they give up saying what is charming, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/it-is-a-great-mistake-for-men-to-give-up-paying-compliments-for-when/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/467/oscar-wilde-16_charming_it-is-a-great-mistake-for-men-to-give-up_3041156.jpg) > [I never take any notice to what common people say, and I never interfere with what charming people do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/i-never-take-any-notice-to-what-common-people-say-and-i-never/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bd/oscar-wilde-16_charming_i-never-take-any-notice-to-what-common-p_924023.jpg) > [It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/it-is-absurd-to-divide-people-into-good-and-bad-people-are-either/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b5/oscar-wilde-16_bad_it-is-absurd-to-divide-people-into-good_1353611.jpg) > [Unless one is wealthy there is no use in being a charming fellow. Romance is the privilege of the rich, not the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/unless-one-is-wealthy-there-is-no-use-in-being-a-charming-fellow-2/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8a/oscar-wilde-16_charming_unless-one-is-wealthy-there-is-no-use-in_2877971.jpg) > [My dear Arthur, I never talk scandal. I only talk gossip. What is the difference between scandal and gossip? Oh! Gossip is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/my-dear-arthur-i-never-talk-scandal-i-only-talk-gossip-what-is-the/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a0/oscar-wilde-16_arthur_my-dear-arthur-i-never-talk-scandal-i-on_670637.jpg) > [“VICOMTE DE NANJAC. And you are younger and more C beautiful than ever. How do you manage it? MRS. CHEVELEY. By making…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/vicomte-de-nanjac-and-you-are-younger-and-more-c-beautiful-than-ever/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/354/oscar-wilde-16_charming_vicomte-de-nanjac-and-you-are-younger-an_1552208.jpg) > [I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take towards life. We are not sent into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/i-never-approve-or-disapprove-of-anything-now-it-is-an-absurd-2/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0df/oscar-wilde-16_absurd_i-never-approve-or-disapprove-of-anythin_1734207.jpg) > [Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault. Those who find beautiful meanings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/those-who-find-ugly-meanings-in-beautiful-things-are-corrupt-without-2/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df8/oscar-wilde-16_beautiful_those-who-find-ugly-meanings-in-beautifu_87136.jpg) > [JACK That is nonsense. If I marry a charming girl like Gwendolen, and she is the only girl I ever saw in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/jack-that-is-nonsense-if-i-marry-a-charming-girl-like-gwendolen-and/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d37/oscar-wilde-16_charming_jack-that-is-nonsense-if-i-marry-a-charm_1143845.jpg) > [But what is the good of friendship if one cannot say exactly what one means? Anybody can say charming things and try…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/but-what-is-the-good-of-friendship-if-one-cannot-say-exactly-what-one/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/333/oscar-wilde-16_charming_but-what-is-the-good-of-friendship-if-on_2000518.jpg) ## Other authors on Charming ## More by Oscar Wilde > [How else but through a broken heart may Lord Christ enter in?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/how-else-but-through-a-broken-heart-may-lord-christ-enter-in/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-books-that-the-world-calls-immoral-are-the-books-that-show-the/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/bachelors-should-be-heavily-taxed-it-is-not-fair-that-some-men-should/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [Who, being loved, is poor?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/who-being-loved-is-poor/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [“Basil my dear boy puts everything that is charming in him into his work. The consequence is that he has nothing left for life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/basil-my-dear-boy-puts-everything-that-is-charming-in-him-into-his/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [Anybody can be good in the country](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/anybody-can-be-good-in-the-country/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/i-don-t-at-all-like-knowing-what-people-say-of-me-behind-my-back-it/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [“Alles Populäre ist falsch.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/alles-popul-re-ist-falsch/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [“If these elements of beauty are real, the whole thing simply appeals to our sense of dramatic effect. Suddenly we find that we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/if-these-elements-of-beauty-are-real-the-whole-thing-simply-appeals/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/to-love-one-s-self-is-the-beginning-of-a-life-long-romance/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [“Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/those-who-find-beautiful-meanings-in-beautiful-things-are-the/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [Men always want to be a womans first love. Women have a more subtle instinct: What they like is to be a mans last…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/men-always-want-to-be-a-womans-first-love-women-have-a-more-subtle/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [Why is it that at a bachelor's establishment the servants invariably drink the champagne.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/why-is-it-that-at-a-bachelor-s-establishment-the-servants-invariably/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [Moderation is a fatal thing. Enough is as bad as a meal. More than enough is as good as a feast.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/moderation-is-a-fatal-thing-enough-is-as-bad-as-a-meal-more-than/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Philosophies fall away like sand, creeds follow one another, but what is beautiful is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/beauty-is-the-only-thing-that-time-cannot-harm-philosophies-fall-away/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/charming/oscar-wilde/#itemlist", "name": "17 Charming Quotes By Oscar Wilde", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A woman who cannot make her mistakes charming, is only a female.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/a-woman-who-cannot-make-her-mistakes-charming-is-only-a-female/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/750/oscar-wilde-16_charming_a-woman-who-cannot-make-her-mistakes-cha_3048630.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/750/oscar-wilde-16_charming_a-woman-who-cannot-make-her-mistakes-cha_3048630.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/750/oscar-wilde-16_charming_a-woman-who-cannot-make-her-mistakes-cha_3048630.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A woman who cannot make her mistakes charming, is only a female.” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“If a woman cannot make her mistakes charming, she is only a female.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/if-a-woman-cannot-make-her-mistakes-charming-she-is-only-a-female/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e07/oscar-wilde-16_charisma_if-a-woman-cannot-make-her-mistakes-char_2275404.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e07/oscar-wilde-16_charisma_if-a-woman-cannot-make-her-mistakes-char_2275404.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e07/oscar-wilde-16_charisma_if-a-woman-cannot-make-her-mistakes-char_2275404.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If a woman cannot make her mistakes charming, she is only a female.” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "People are either charming or tedious.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/people-are-either-charming-or-tedious/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb8/oscar-wilde-16_charming_people-are-either-charming-or-tedious-13_1390352.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb8/oscar-wilde-16_charming_people-are-either-charming-or-tedious-13_1390352.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb8/oscar-wilde-16_charming_people-are-either-charming-or-tedious-13_1390352.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“People are either charming or tedious.” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“All charming people are spoiled. 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