--- title: "26 Dear Quotes By Oscar Wilde" description: "26 Dear quotes by Oscar Wilde. Plus more from Oscar Wilde and more Dear sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0c/oscar-wilde-16_dear_never-buy-a-thing-you-don-t-want-merely_2808352.jpg" --- > [Never buy a thing you don't want merely because it is dear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/never-buy-a-thing-you-don-t-want-merely-because-it-is-dear/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0c/oscar-wilde-16_dear_never-buy-a-thing-you-don-t-want-merely_2808352.jpg) > [How clever are you, my dear! You never mean a single word you say!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/how-clever-are-you-my-dear-you-never-mean-a-single-word-you-say/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f3/oscar-wilde-16_clever_how-clever-are-you-my-dear-you-never-mea_1761607.jpg) > [“Oh my dear fellow...should you not be askind, 'Would the tea like the cup?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/oh-my-dear-fellow-should-you-not-be-askind-would-the-tea-like-the-cup/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90c/oscar-wilde-16_coffee_oh-my-dear-fellow-should-you-not-be-aski_3209060.jpg) > [Like dear St. Francis of Assisi I am wedded to Poverty: but in my case the marriage is not a success.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/like-dear-st-francis-of-assisi-i-am-wedded-to-poverty-but-in-my-case/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ae/oscar-wilde-16_cases_like-dear-st-francis-of-assisi-i-am-wedd_3053123.jpg) > [How clever you are, my dear! You never mean a single word you say.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/how-clever-you-are-my-dear-you-never-mean-a-single-word-you-say/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60c/oscar-wilde-16_clever_how-clever-you-are-my-dear-you-never-mea_1644287.jpg) > [Everything is dangerous, my dear fellow. If it wasn't so, life wouldn't be worth living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/everything-is-dangerous-my-dear-fellow-if-it-wasn-t-so-life-wouldn-t/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90a/oscar-wilde-16_dangerous_everything-is-dangerous-my-dear-fellow-i_3030709.jpg) > [Find expression for a sorrow, and it will become dear to you. Find expression for a joy, and you will intensify its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/find-expression-for-a-sorrow-and-it-will-become-dear-to-you-find/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/511/oscar-wilde-16_dear_find-expression-for-a-sorrow-and-it-will_2310568.jpg) > [My dear young lady, there was a great deal of truth; I dare say, in what you said, and you looked very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/my-dear-young-lady-there-was-a-great-deal-of-truth-i-dare-say-in-what/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d0/oscar-wilde-16_dare_my-dear-young-lady-there-was-a-great-dea_1632542.jpg) > [My dear Algy, you talk exactly as if you were a dentist. It is very vulgar to talk like a dentist when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/my-dear-algy-you-talk-exactly-as-if-you-were-a-dentist-it-is-very/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd1/oscar-wilde-16_dear_my-dear-algy-you-talk-exactly-as-if-you_3097210.jpg) > [ Come, dear, \[Gwendolen rises\] we have already missed five, if not six, trains. To miss any more might expose us to comment… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/come-dear-gwendolen-rises-we-have-already-missed-five-if-not-six/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/768/oscar-wilde-16_comment_come-dear-gwendolen-rises-we-have-alread_1869617.jpg) > [Dear little Swallow,’ said the Prince, ‘you tell me of marvelous things, but more marvelous than anything is the suffering of men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/dear-little-swallow-said-the-prince-you-tell-me-of-marvelous-things/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/823/oscar-wilde-16_dear_dear-little-swallow-said-the-prince-you_1357338.jpg) > [What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. And a sentimentalist, my dear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/what-is-a-cynic-a-man-who-knows-the-price-of-everything-and-the-value-3/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbb/oscar-wilde-16_absurd_what-is-a-cynic-a-man-who-knows-the-pric_3152269.jpg) > [And what sort of lives do these people, who pose as being moral, lead themselves? My dear fellow, you forget that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/and-what-sort-of-lives-do-these-people-who-pose-as-being-moral-lead/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/181/oscar-wilde-16_dear_and-what-sort-of-lives-do-these-people-w_1618808.jpg) > [The chin a little higher, dear. Style largely depends on the way the chin is worn. They are worn very high, just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-chin-a-little-higher-dear-style-largely-depends-on-the-way-the/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/595/oscar-wilde-16_chin_the-chin-a-little-higher-dear-style-larg_2874805.jpg) > [Dear Prince, I must leave you, but I will never forget you, and next spring I will bring you back two beautiful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/dear-prince-i-must-leave-you-but-i-will-never-forget-you-and-next/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2e/oscar-wilde-16_beautiful_dear-prince-i-must-leave-you-but-i-will_2744655.jpg) > [And now, dear Mr. Worthing, I will not intrude any longer into a house of sorrow. I would merely beg you not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/and-now-dear-mr-worthing-i-will-not-intrude-any-longer-into-a-house/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a8/oscar-wilde-16_bitter_and-now-dear-mr-worthing-i-will-not-intr_2763073.jpg) > [Death is a great price to pay for a red rose“, cried the Nightingale, "and Life is very dear to all. “…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/death-is-a-great-price-to-pay-for-a-red-rose-cried-the-nightingale/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/321/oscar-wilde-16_bird_death-is-a-great-price-to-pay-for-a-red_2575337.jpg) > [Miss Prism: ... And you do not seem to reealize, dear Doctor, that by persistently remaining single, a man coverts himself into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/miss-prism-and-you-do-not-seem-to-reealize-dear-doctor-that-by/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be0/oscar-wilde-16_attractive_miss-prism-and-you-do-not-seem-to-reeali_2829362.jpg) > [Bunbury? Oh, he was quite exploded. Exploded! Was he the victim of a revolutionary outrage? I was not aware that Mr. Bunbury…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/bunbury-oh-he-was-quite-exploded-exploded-was-he-the-victim-of-a/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c17/oscar-wilde-16_augusta_bunbury-oh-he-was-quite-exploded-explode_1474987.jpg) > [Miss Prism: And you do not seem to realize, dear Doctor, that by persistently remaining single, a man converts himself into a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/miss-prism-and-you-do-not-seem-to-realize-dear-doctor-that-by/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20b/oscar-wilde-16_attractive_miss-prism-and-you-do-not-seem-to-realiz_2709837.jpg) > [If you meet at dinner a man who has spent his life in educating himself - a rare type in our time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/if-you-meet-at-dinner-a-man-who-has-spent-his-life-in-educating/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4f/oscar-wilde-16_conscious_if-you-meet-at-dinner-a-man-who-has-spen_2203894.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) > [My dear boy, the people who love only once in their lives are really the shallow people. What they call their loyalty,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/my-dear-boy-the-people-who-love-only-once-in-their-lives-are-really/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/588/oscar-wilde-16_boys_my-dear-boy-the-people-who-love-only-onc_513149.jpg) > [Lady Bracknell. Good afternoon, dear Algernon, I hope you are behaving very well. Algernon. I’m feeling very well, Aunt Augusta. Lady Bracknell.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/lady-bracknell-good-afternoon-dear-algernon-i-hope-you-are-behaving/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a00/oscar-wilde-16_afternoon_lady-bracknell-good-afternoon-dear-alger_1589711.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) > [My dear fellow, the truth isn’t quite the sort of thing one tells to a nice, sweet, refined girl. What extraordinary ideas…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/my-dear-fellow-the-truth-isn-t-quite-the-sort-of-thing-one-tells-to-a/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de8/oscar-wilde-16_behave_my-dear-fellow-the-truth-isn-t-quite-the_173719.jpg) ## Other authors on Dear ## 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/dear/oscar-wilde/#itemlist", "name": "26 Dear Quotes By Oscar Wilde", "numberOfItems": 26, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Never buy a thing you don't want merely because it is dear.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/never-buy-a-thing-you-don-t-want-merely-because-it-is-dear/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0c/oscar-wilde-16_dear_never-buy-a-thing-you-don-t-want-merely_2808352.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0c/oscar-wilde-16_dear_never-buy-a-thing-you-don-t-want-merely_2808352.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0c/oscar-wilde-16_dear_never-buy-a-thing-you-don-t-want-merely_2808352.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Never buy a thing you don't want merely because it is dear.” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "How clever are you, my dear! 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