--- title: "6 Educated Quotes By Oscar Wilde" description: "6 Educated quotes by Oscar Wilde. Plus more from Oscar Wilde and more Educated sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/749/oscar-wilde-16_dressed_if-i-am-occasionally-a-little-over-dress_318709.jpg" --- > [If I am occasionally a little over-dressed, I make up for it by being always immensely over-educated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/if-i-am-occasionally-a-little-over-dressed-i-make-up-for-it-by-being/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/749/oscar-wilde-16_dressed_if-i-am-occasionally-a-little-over-dress_318709.jpg) > [Women have become so highly educated... that nothing should surprise us nowadays, except happy marriages.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/women-have-become-so-highly-educated-that-nothing-should-surprise-us/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fe/oscar-wilde-16_educated_women-have-become-so-highly-educated-tha_393892.jpg) > [“The only way to atone for being occasionally a little over-dressed is by being always absolutely over-educated.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-only-way-to-atone-for-being-occasionally-a-little-over-dressed-is/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfe/oscar-wilde-16_dressed_the-only-way-to-atone-for-being-occasion_441913.jpg) > [Each of the professions means a prejudice. The necessity for a career forces every one to take sides. We live in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/each-of-the-professions-means-a-prejudice-the-necessity-for-a-career/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ba/oscar-wilde-16_age_each-of-the-professions-means-a-prejudic_2072013.jpg) > [An entirely new factor has appeared in the social development of the country, and this factor is the Irish-American, and his influence.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/an-entirely-new-factor-has-appeared-in-the-social-development-of-the/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e46/oscar-wilde-16_action_an-entirely-new-factor-has-appeared-in-t_2238031.jpg) > [I am afraid that we are beginning to be over-educated; at least everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/i-am-afraid-that-we-are-beginning-to-be-over-educated-at-least/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ba/oscar-wilde-16_educated_i-am-afraid-that-we-are-beginning-to-be_2664159.jpg) ## Other authors on Educated ## 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/educated/oscar-wilde/#itemlist", "name": "6 Educated Quotes By Oscar Wilde", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If I am occasionally a little over-dressed, I make up for it by being always immensely over-educated.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/if-i-am-occasionally-a-little-over-dressed-i-make-up-for-it-by-being/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/749/oscar-wilde-16_dressed_if-i-am-occasionally-a-little-over-dress_318709.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/749/oscar-wilde-16_dressed_if-i-am-occasionally-a-little-over-dress_318709.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/749/oscar-wilde-16_dressed_if-i-am-occasionally-a-little-over-dress_318709.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If I am occasionally a little over-dressed, I make up for it by being always immensely over-educated.” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Women have become so highly educated... that nothing should surprise us nowadays, except happy marriages.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/women-have-become-so-highly-educated-that-nothing-should-surprise-us/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fe/oscar-wilde-16_educated_women-have-become-so-highly-educated-tha_393892.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fe/oscar-wilde-16_educated_women-have-become-so-highly-educated-tha_393892.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fe/oscar-wilde-16_educated_women-have-become-so-highly-educated-tha_393892.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Women have become so highly educated... that nothing should surprise us nowadays, except happy marriages.” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The only way to atone for being occasionally a little over-dressed is by being always absolutely over-educated.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-only-way-to-atone-for-being-occasionally-a-little-over-dressed-is/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfe/oscar-wilde-16_dressed_the-only-way-to-atone-for-being-occasion_441913.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfe/oscar-wilde-16_dressed_the-only-way-to-atone-for-being-occasion_441913.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfe/oscar-wilde-16_dressed_the-only-way-to-atone-for-being-occasion_441913.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The only way to atone for being occasionally a little over-dressed is by being always absolutely…” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Each of the professions means a prejudice. 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