--- title: "4 Conformity Quotes By Oscar Wilde" description: "4 Conformity quotes by Oscar Wilde. Plus more from Oscar Wilde and more Conformity sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32b/oscar-wilde-16_conformity_i-must-say-to-myself-that-i-ruined-mysel_1807741.jpg" --- > [I must say to myself that I ruined myself, and that nobody great or small can be ruined except by his own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/i-must-say-to-myself-that-i-ruined-myself-and-that-nobody-great-or/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32b/oscar-wilde-16_conformity_i-must-say-to-myself-that-i-ruined-mysel_1807741.jpg) > [Other people are quite dreadful. The only possible society is oneself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/other-people-are-quite-dreadful-the-only-possible-society-is-oneself/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1d/oscar-wilde-16_community_other-people-are-quite-dreadful-the-only_1857787.jpg) > [While to the claims of charity a man may yield and yet be free, to the claims of conformity no man may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/while-to-the-claims-of-charity-a-man-may-yield-and-yet-be-free-to-the/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04f/oscar-wilde-16_charity_while-to-the-claims-of-charity-a-man-may_2215974.jpg) > [Conformity is the last refuge of the unimaginitive](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/conformity-is-the-last-refuge-of-the-unimaginitive/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/898/oscar-wilde-16_conformity_conformity-is-the-last-refuge-of-the-uni_2881098.jpg) ## Other authors on Conformity - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 28 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conformity/henry-david-thoreau/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 27 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conformity/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [Mokokoma Mokhonoana 15 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conformity/mokokoma-mokhonoana/) - [Aristotle 11 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conformity/aristotle/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rumi-81702.jpg) Rumi 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conformity/rumi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conformity/noam-chomsky/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jeremy-limn-48923.jpg) Jeremy Limn 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conformity/jeremy-limn/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-orwell-37887.jpg) George Orwell 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conformity/george-orwell/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-friedrich-nietzsche-36363.jpg) Friedrich Nietzsche 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conformity/friedrich-nietzsche/) ## 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/conformity/oscar-wilde/#itemlist", "name": "4 Conformity Quotes By Oscar Wilde", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I must say to myself that I ruined myself, and that nobody great or small can be ruined except by his own hand. I am quite ready to say so. ... Terrible as was what the world did to me, what I did to myself was far more terrible still.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/i-must-say-to-myself-that-i-ruined-myself-and-that-nobody-great-or/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32b/oscar-wilde-16_conformity_i-must-say-to-myself-that-i-ruined-mysel_1807741.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32b/oscar-wilde-16_conformity_i-must-say-to-myself-that-i-ruined-mysel_1807741.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32b/oscar-wilde-16_conformity_i-must-say-to-myself-that-i-ruined-mysel_1807741.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I must say to myself that I ruined myself, and that nobody great or small can be ruined except by his own…” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Other people are quite dreadful. The only possible society is oneself.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/other-people-are-quite-dreadful-the-only-possible-society-is-oneself/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1d/oscar-wilde-16_community_other-people-are-quite-dreadful-the-only_1857787.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1d/oscar-wilde-16_community_other-people-are-quite-dreadful-the-only_1857787.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1d/oscar-wilde-16_community_other-people-are-quite-dreadful-the-only_1857787.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Other people are quite dreadful. The only possible society is oneself.” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "While to the claims of charity a man may yield and yet be free, to the claims of conformity no man may yield and remain free at all.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/while-to-the-claims-of-charity-a-man-may-yield-and-yet-be-free-to-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04f/oscar-wilde-16_charity_while-to-the-claims-of-charity-a-man-may_2215974.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04f/oscar-wilde-16_charity_while-to-the-claims-of-charity-a-man-may_2215974.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04f/oscar-wilde-16_charity_while-to-the-claims-of-charity-a-man-may_2215974.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“While to the claims of charity a man may yield and yet be free, to the claims of conformity no man may yield…” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Conformity is the last refuge of the unimaginitive", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/conformity-is-the-last-refuge-of-the-unimaginitive/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/898/oscar-wilde-16_conformity_conformity-is-the-last-refuge-of-the-uni_2881098.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/898/oscar-wilde-16_conformity_conformity-is-the-last-refuge-of-the-uni_2881098.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/898/oscar-wilde-16_conformity_conformity-is-the-last-refuge-of-the-uni_2881098.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Conformity is the last refuge of the unimaginitive” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conformity/oscar-wilde/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conformity/oscar-wilde/", "name": "Conformity Quotes by Oscar Wilde", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conformity/oscar-wilde/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32b/oscar-wilde-16_conformity_i-must-say-to-myself-that-i-ruined-mysel_1807741.jpg" }, "description": "4 Conformity quotes by Oscar Wilde. Plus more from Oscar Wilde and more Conformity sayings from other authors.", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conformity/oscar-wilde/#breadcrumb" } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conformity/oscar-wilde/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Topics", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Conformity", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conformity/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "name": "Oscar Wilde", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conformity/oscar-wilde/" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```