--- title: "10 Extraordinary Quotes By Oscar Wilde" description: "10 Extraordinary quotes by Oscar Wilde. Plus more from Oscar Wilde and more Extraordinary sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95b/oscar-wilde-16_amount_now-it-seems-to-me-that-love-of-some-kin_277050.jpg" --- > [Now it seems to me that love of some kind is the only possible explanation of the extraordinary amount of suffering that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/now-it-seems-to-me-that-love-of-some-kind-is-the-only-possible/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95b/oscar-wilde-16_amount_now-it-seems-to-me-that-love-of-some-kin_277050.jpg) > [“How extraordinary! I thought you would never care for anything but your art.” “He is all my art to me now.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/how-extraordinary-i-thought-you-would-never-care-for-anything-but/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/108/oscar-wilde-16_art_how-extraordinary-i-thought-you-would-ne_1611878.jpg) > [Her capacity for family affection is extraordinary. When her third husband died, her hair turned quite gold from grief.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/her-capacity-for-family-affection-is-extraordinary-when-her-third/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afd/oscar-wilde-16_affection_her-capacity-for-family-affection-is-ext_1312855.jpg) > [Do you know that I am afraid that good people do a great deal of harm in this world? Certainly the greatest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/do-you-know-that-i-am-afraid-that-good-people-do-a-great-deal-of-harm/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ca/oscar-wilde-16_badness_do-you-know-that-i-am-afraid-that-good-p_923987.jpg) > [Oh, why will parents always appear at the wrong time? Some extraordinary mistake in nature, I suppose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/oh-why-will-parents-always-appear-at-the-wrong-time-some/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6f/oscar-wilde-16_extraordinary_oh-why-will-parents-always-appear-at-the_1155608.jpg) > [Don't run down dyed hair and painted faces. There is an extraordinary charm in them, sometimes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/don-t-run-down-dyed-hair-and-painted-faces-there-is-an-extraordinary/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/350/oscar-wilde-16_charm_don-t-run-down-dyed-hair-and-painted-fac_1217254.jpg) > [My dear fellow, the truth isn’t quite the sort of thing one tells to a nice, sweet, refined girl. What extraordinary ideas…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/my-dear-fellow-the-truth-isn-t-quite-the-sort-of-thing-one-tells-to-a/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de8/oscar-wilde-16_behave_my-dear-fellow-the-truth-isn-t-quite-the_173719.jpg) > [You have filled my tea with lumps of sugar, and though I asked most distinctly for bread and butter, you have given…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/you-have-filled-my-tea-with-lumps-of-sugar-and-though-i-asked-most/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92f/oscar-wilde-16_bread_you-have-filled-my-tea-with-lumps-of-sug_3117430.jpg) > [The more we study Art, the less we care for Nature. What Art really reveals to us is Nature's lack of design,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-more-we-study-art-the-less-we-care-for-nature-what-art-really/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/663/oscar-wilde-16_art_the-more-we-study-art-the-less-we-care-f_1852583.jpg) > [Now it seems to me that love of some kind is the only possible explanation of the extraordinary amount of suffering that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/now-it-seems-to-me-that-love-of-some-kind-is-the-only-possible-2/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4d/oscar-wilde-16_beautiful_now-it-seems-to-me-that-love-of-some-kin_423087.jpg) ## Other authors on Extraordinary ## 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/extraordinary/oscar-wilde/#itemlist", "name": "10 Extraordinary Quotes By Oscar Wilde", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Now it seems to me that love of some kind is the only possible explanation of the extraordinary amount of suffering that there is in the world.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/now-it-seems-to-me-that-love-of-some-kind-is-the-only-possible/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95b/oscar-wilde-16_amount_now-it-seems-to-me-that-love-of-some-kin_277050.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95b/oscar-wilde-16_amount_now-it-seems-to-me-that-love-of-some-kin_277050.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95b/oscar-wilde-16_amount_now-it-seems-to-me-that-love-of-some-kin_277050.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Now it seems to me that love of some kind is the only possible explanation of the extraordinary amount of…” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“How extraordinary! 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