--- title: "20 Doubt Quotes By Oscar Wilde" description: "20 Doubt quotes by Oscar Wilde. Plus more from Oscar Wilde and more Doubt sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/003/oscar-wilde-16_beginning_scepticism-is-the-beginning-of-faith-496_496006.jpg" --- > [Scepticism is the beginning of Faith.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/scepticism-is-the-beginning-of-faith/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/003/oscar-wilde-16_beginning_scepticism-is-the-beginning-of-faith-496_496006.jpg) > [There is no doubt that genius lasts longer than beauty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/there-is-no-doubt-that-genius-lasts-longer-than-beauty/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ec/oscar-wilde-16_beauty_there-is-no-doubt-that-genius-lasts-long_1934711.jpg) > [Skepticism is the beginning of faith.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/skepticism-is-the-beginning-of-faith/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/155/oscar-wilde-16_birth_skepticism-is-the-beginning-of-faith-214_2146023.jpg) > [The very essence of romance is uncertainty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-very-essence-of-romance-is-uncertainty/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c15/oscar-wilde-16_doubt_the-very-essence-of-romance-is-uncertain_2574347.jpg) > [“It is the uncertainty that charms one. A mist makes things wonderful.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/it-is-the-uncertainty-that-charms-one-a-mist-makes-things-wonderful/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/913/oscar-wilde-16_doubt_it-is-the-uncertainty-that-charms-one-a_1840805.jpg) > [Christ did not die to save people, but to teach people how to save each other. This is, I have no doubt,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/christ-did-not-die-to-save-people-but-to-teach-people-how-to-save/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e28/oscar-wilde-16_christ_christ-did-not-die-to-save-people-but-to_2848300.jpg) > [Hesitation of any kind is a sign of mental decay in the young, of physical weakness in the old.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/hesitation-of-any-kind-is-a-sign-of-mental-decay-in-the-young-of/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25c/oscar-wilde-16_decay_hesitation-of-any-kind-is-a-sign-of-ment_2745582.jpg) > [To believe is very dull. To doubt is intensely engrossing. To be on the alert is to live, to be lulled into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/to-believe-is-very-dull-to-doubt-is-intensely-engrossing-to-be-on-the/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/023/oscar-wilde-16_attention_to-believe-is-very-dull-to-doubt-is-inte_762653.jpg) > [Oh, no doubt the cod is a splendid swimmer - admirable for swimming purposes but not for eating.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/oh-no-doubt-the-cod-is-a-splendid-swimmer-admirable-for-swimming/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7b/oscar-wilde-16_admirable_oh-no-doubt-the-cod-is-a-splendid-swimme_1200559.jpg) > [A man's very highest moment is, I have no doubt at all, when he kneels in the dust, and beats his breast,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/a-man-s-very-highest-moment-is-i-have-no-doubt-at-all-when-he-kneels/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d3/oscar-wilde-16_beats_a-man-s-very-highest-moment-is-i-have-no_2163930.jpg) > [“It was better to know the worst, whatever it was, than to be left in this hideous uncertainty.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/it-was-better-to-know-the-worst-whatever-it-was-than-to-be-left-in/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a4/oscar-wilde-16_doubt_it-was-better-to-know-the-worst-whatever_2165132.jpg) > [“You are a sceptic." "Never! Scepticism is the beginning of faith." "What are you?" "To define is to limit.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/you-are-a-sceptic-never-scepticism-is-the-beginning-of-faith-what-are/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c5/oscar-wilde-16_doubt_you-are-a-sceptic-never-scepticism-is-th_531019.jpg) > [Modern pictures are, no doubt, delightful to look at. At least, some of them are. But they are quite impossible to live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/modern-pictures-are-no-doubt-delightful-to-look-at-at-least-some-of/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/863/oscar-wilde-16_art_modern-pictures-are-no-doubt-delightful_289638.jpg) > [We degenerate into hideous puppets, haunted by the memory of the passions of which we were much afraid, and the exquisite temptations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/we-degenerate-into-hideous-puppets-haunted-by-the-memory-of-the/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/708/oscar-wilde-16_courage_we-degenerate-into-hideous-puppets-haunt_712123.jpg) > [It is only about things that do not interest one that one can give a really unbiased opinion, which is no doubt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/it-is-only-about-things-that-do-not-interest-one-that-one-can-give-a-2/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa1/oscar-wilde-16_doubt_it-is-only-about-things-that-do-not-inte_2431030.jpg) > [His sudden mad love for Sibyl Vane was a psychological phenomenon of no small interest. There was no doubt that curiosity had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/his-sudden-mad-love-for-sibyl-vane-was-a-psychological-phenomenon-of/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e65/oscar-wilde-16_curiosity_his-sudden-mad-love-for-sibyl-vane-was-a_266635.jpg) > [What of Art? -It is a malady. --Love? -An Illusion. --Religion? -The fashionable substitute for Belief. --You are a sceptic. -Never! Scepticism…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/what-of-art-it-is-a-malady-love-an-illusion-religion-the-fashionable/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd8/oscar-wilde-16_art_what-of-art-it-is-a-malady-love-an-illus_717720.jpg) > [“Knowledge would be fatal. It is the uncertainty that charms one. A mist makes things wonderful.” “One may lose one’s way.” “All…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/knowledge-would-be-fatal-it-is-the-uncertainty-that-charms-one-a-mist-2/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09e/oscar-wilde-16_doubt_knowledge-would-be-fatal-it-is-the-uncer_1096799.jpg) > [The honest ratepayer and his healthy family have no doubt often mocked at the dome-like forehead of the philosopher, and laughed over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-honest-ratepayer-and-his-healthy-family-have-no-doubt-often/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ac/oscar-wilde-16_creeds_the-honest-ratepayer-and-his-healthy-fam_464686.jpg) > [It is a sad thing to think of, but there is no doubt that genius lasts longer than beauty. That accounts for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/it-is-a-sad-thing-to-think-of-but-there-is-no-doubt-that-genius-lasts/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/878/oscar-wilde-16_accounts_it-is-a-sad-thing-to-think-of-but-there_2202933.jpg) ## Other authors on Doubt - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bertrand-russell-17477.jpg) Bertrand Russell 45 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doubt/bertrand-russell/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 33 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doubt/barack-obama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-richard-p-feynman-78819.jpg) Richard P. Feynman 30 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doubt/richard-p-feynman/) - [Lailah Gifty Akita 30 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doubt/lailah-gifty-akita/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-friedrich-nietzsche-36363.jpg) Friedrich Nietzsche 28 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doubt/friedrich-nietzsche/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 24 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doubt/henry-david-thoreau/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 23 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doubt/william-shakespeare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-terry-mark-89514.jpg) Terry Mark 23 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doubt/terry-mark/) - [Mark Twain 23 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doubt/mark-twain/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 22 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doubt/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rush-limbaugh-81741.jpg) Rush Limbaugh 21 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doubt/rush-limbaugh/) - [Bangambiki Habyarimana 21 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doubt/bangambiki-habyarimana/) ## 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/doubt/oscar-wilde/#itemlist", "name": "20 Doubt Quotes By Oscar Wilde", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Scepticism is the beginning of Faith.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/scepticism-is-the-beginning-of-faith/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/003/oscar-wilde-16_beginning_scepticism-is-the-beginning-of-faith-496_496006.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/003/oscar-wilde-16_beginning_scepticism-is-the-beginning-of-faith-496_496006.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/003/oscar-wilde-16_beginning_scepticism-is-the-beginning-of-faith-496_496006.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Scepticism is the beginning of Faith.” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There is no doubt that genius lasts longer than beauty.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/there-is-no-doubt-that-genius-lasts-longer-than-beauty/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ec/oscar-wilde-16_beauty_there-is-no-doubt-that-genius-lasts-long_1934711.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ec/oscar-wilde-16_beauty_there-is-no-doubt-that-genius-lasts-long_1934711.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ec/oscar-wilde-16_beauty_there-is-no-doubt-that-genius-lasts-long_1934711.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There is no doubt that genius lasts longer than beauty.” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Skepticism is the beginning of faith.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/skepticism-is-the-beginning-of-faith/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/155/oscar-wilde-16_birth_skepticism-is-the-beginning-of-faith-214_2146023.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/155/oscar-wilde-16_birth_skepticism-is-the-beginning-of-faith-214_2146023.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/155/oscar-wilde-16_birth_skepticism-is-the-beginning-of-faith-214_2146023.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Skepticism is the beginning of faith.” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The very essence of romance is uncertainty.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-very-essence-of-romance-is-uncertainty/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c15/oscar-wilde-16_doubt_the-very-essence-of-romance-is-uncertain_2574347.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c15/oscar-wilde-16_doubt_the-very-essence-of-romance-is-uncertain_2574347.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c15/oscar-wilde-16_doubt_the-very-essence-of-romance-is-uncertain_2574347.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The very essence of romance is uncertainty.” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It is the uncertainty that charms one. 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