If I am occasionally a little over-dressed, I make up for it by being always immensely over-educated. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Women have become so highly educated... that nothing should surprise us nowadays, except happy marriages. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“The only way to atone for being occasionally a little over-dressed is by being always absolutely over-educated.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Each of the professions means a prejudice. The necessity for a career forces every one to take sides. We live in the… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
An entirely new factor has appeared in the social development of the country, and this factor is the Irish-American, and his influence.… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I am afraid that we are beginning to be over-educated; at least everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share
Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others — Oscar Wilde Copy Share
“Basil my dear boy puts everything that is charming in him into his work. The consequence is that he has nothing left for life… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share
I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share
“If these elements of beauty are real, the whole thing simply appeals to our sense of dramatic effect. Suddenly we find that we are… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share
“Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share
Men always want to be a womans first love. Women have a more subtle instinct: What they like is to be a mans last… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share
Why is it that at a bachelor's establishment the servants invariably drink the champagne. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share
Moderation is a fatal thing. Enough is as bad as a meal. More than enough is as good as a feast. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share
Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Philosophies fall away like sand, creeds follow one another, but what is beautiful is a… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share
