--- title: "17 Earnest Quotes By Oscar Wilde" description: "17 Earnest quotes by Oscar Wilde. Plus more from Oscar Wilde and more Earnest sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/798/oscar-wilde-16_dying_the-old-fashioned-respect-for-the-young_1666817.jpg" --- > [The old-fashioned respect for the young is fast dying out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-old-fashioned-respect-for-the-young-is-fast-dying-out/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/798/oscar-wilde-16_dying_the-old-fashioned-respect-for-the-young_1666817.jpg) > [It is awfully hard work doing nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/it-is-awfully-hard-work-doing-nothing/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f47/oscar-wilde-16_doing-nothing_it-is-awfully-hard-work-doing-nothing-26_2695202.jpg) > [More than half of modern culture depends upon what one shouldn't read.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/more-than-half-of-modern-culture-depends-upon-what-one-shouldn-t-read/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac7/oscar-wilde-16_culture_more-than-half-of-modern-culture-depends_2130190.jpg) > [I've now realised for the first time in my life the vital Importance of Being Earnest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/i-ve-now-realised-for-the-first-time-in-my-life-the-vital-importance/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f93/oscar-wilde-16_earnest_i-ve-now-realised-for-the-first-time-in_2025876.jpg) > [Really, if the lower orders don't set a good example, what on earth is the use of them?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/really-if-the-lower-orders-don-t-set-a-good-example-what-on-earth-is/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22d/oscar-wilde-16_earnest_really-if-the-lower-orders-don-t-set-a-g_462081.jpg) > [Well, one must be serious about something, if one wants to have any amusement in life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/well-one-must-be-serious-about-something-if-one-wants-to-have-any/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b36/oscar-wilde-16_amusement_well-one-must-be-serious-about-something_1336729.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) > [An engagement should come on a young girl as a surprise, pleasant or unpleasant as the case may be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/an-engagement-should-come-on-a-young-girl-as-a-surprise-pleasant-or/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/788/oscar-wilde-16_cases_an-engagement-should-come-on-a-young-gir_1654554.jpg) > [I should have remembered that when one is going to lead an entirely new life, one requires regular and wholesome meals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/i-should-have-remembered-that-when-one-is-going-to-lead-an-entirely/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/298/oscar-wilde-16_cooking_i-should-have-remembered-that-when-one-i_2635313.jpg) > [The modern sympathy with invalids is morbid. Illness of any kind is hardly a thing to be encouraged in others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-modern-sympathy-with-invalids-is-morbid-illness-of-any-kind-is/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/687/oscar-wilde-16_be-encouraged_the-modern-sympathy-with-invalids-is-mor_2542780.jpg) > [When people talk to me about the weather, I always feel they mean something else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/when-people-talk-to-me-about-the-weather-i-always-feel-they-mean/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fcd/oscar-wilde-16_earnest_when-people-talk-to-me-about-the-weather_761538.jpg) > [What between the duties expected of one during one's lifetime, and the duties exacted from one after one's death, land has ceased…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/what-between-the-duties-expected-of-one-during-one-s-lifetime-and-the/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d1/oscar-wilde-16_duty_what-between-the-duties-expected-of-one_2090772.jpg) > [It is awfully hard work doing nothing. However, I don't mind hard work when there is no definite object of any kind.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/it-is-awfully-hard-work-doing-nothing-however-i-don-t-mind-hard-work/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffd/oscar-wilde-16_definite_it-is-awfully-hard-work-doing-nothing-ho_419059.jpg) > [“Speak frankly, I am not in favour of long engagements. They give people the opportunity of finding out each other’s character before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/speak-frankly-i-am-not-in-favour-of-long-engagements-they-give-people/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/640/oscar-wilde-16_advisable_speak-frankly-i-am-not-in-favour-of-long_770938.jpg) > [In England ... education produces no effect whatsoever. If it did, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/in-england-education-produces-no-effect-whatsoever-if-it-did-it-would/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f42/oscar-wilde-16_acts-of-violence_in-england-education-produces-no-effect_694196.jpg) > [You have always told me it was Ernest. I have introduced you to every one as Ernest. You answer to the name…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/you-have-always-told-me-it-was-ernest-i-have-introduced-you-to-every/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e51/oscar-wilde-16_absurd_you-have-always-told-me-it-was-ernest-i_2068145.jpg) > [I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/i-do-not-approve-of-anything-that-tampers-with-natural-ignorance/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/681/oscar-wilde-16_acts-of-violence_i-do-not-approve-of-anything-that-tamper_1353546.jpg) ## Other authors on Earnest ## 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/earnest/oscar-wilde/#itemlist", "name": "17 Earnest Quotes By Oscar Wilde", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The old-fashioned respect for the young is fast dying out.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-old-fashioned-respect-for-the-young-is-fast-dying-out/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/798/oscar-wilde-16_dying_the-old-fashioned-respect-for-the-young_1666817.jpg", "contentUrl": 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