--- title: "7 Dust Quotes By Oscar Wilde" description: "7 Dust quotes by Oscar Wilde. Plus more from Oscar Wilde and more Dust sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/244/oscar-wilde-16_ashes_she-is-all-the-great-heroines-of-the-wor_1140128.jpg" --- > [She is all the great heroines of the world in one. She is more than an individual. I love her, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/she-is-all-the-great-heroines-of-the-world-in-one-she-is-more-than-an/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/244/oscar-wilde-16_ashes_she-is-all-the-great-heroines-of-the-wor_1140128.jpg) > [She doth mean the earth to me! By earth, I actually mean dust.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/she-doth-mean-the-earth-to-me-by-earth-i-actually-mean-dust/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c4/oscar-wilde-16_dust_she-doth-mean-the-earth-to-me-by-earth-i_1221257.jpg) > [Requiescat Tread lightly, she is near Under the snow, Speak gently, she can hear The daisies grow. All her bright golden hair…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/requiescat-tread-lightly-she-is-near-under-the-snow-speak-gently-she/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dda/oscar-wilde-16_boards_requiescat-tread-lightly-she-is-near-und_1260195.jpg) > [The mind of the thoroughly well-informed man is a dreadful thing. It is like a bric-à-brac shop, all monsters and dust, with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-mind-of-the-thoroughly-well-informed-man-is-a-dreadful-thing-it/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea1/oscar-wilde-16_brics_the-mind-of-the-thoroughly-well-informed_1369492.jpg) > [And all, but Lust, is turned to dust In Humanity's machine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/and-all-but-lust-is-turned-to-dust-in-humanity-s-machine/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85c/oscar-wilde-16_computers_and-all-but-lust-is-turned-to-dust-in-hu_1884957.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 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 Dust ## 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/dust/oscar-wilde/#itemlist", "name": "7 Dust Quotes By Oscar Wilde", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "She is all the great heroines of the world in one. She is more than an individual. I love her, and I must make her love me. I want to make Romeo jealous. 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