--- title: "8 Fascinating Quotes By Oscar Wilde" description: "8 Fascinating quotes by Oscar Wilde. Plus more from Oscar Wilde and more Fascinating sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d08/oscar-wilde-16_conjugal_they-flaunt-their-conjugal-felicity-in-o_477754.jpg" --- > [They flaunt their conjugal felicity in one's face, as if it were the most fascinating of sins.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/they-flaunt-their-conjugal-felicity-in-one-s-face-as-if-it-were-the/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d08/oscar-wilde-16_conjugal_they-flaunt-their-conjugal-felicity-in-o_477754.jpg) > [A great poet, a really great poet, is the most unpoetical of all creatures. But inferior poets are absolutely fascinating.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/a-great-poet-a-really-great-poet-is-the-most-unpoetical-of-all/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e05/oscar-wilde-16_creatures_a-great-poet-a-really-great-poet-is-the_631137.jpg) > [Lord Darlington (LD): I think life too complex a thing to be settled by these hard and fast rules. Lady Windemere (LW):…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/lord-darlington-ld-i-think-life-too-complex-a-thing-to-be-settled-by/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/446/oscar-wilde-16_adjectives_lord-darlington-ld-i-think-life-too-comp_779771.jpg) > [There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating - people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/there-are-only-two-kinds-of-people-who-are-really-fascinating-people/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/044/oscar-wilde-16_people_there-are-only-two-kinds-of-people-who-a_880834.jpg) > [It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/it-is-better-to-have-a-permanent-income-than-to-be-fascinating/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aff/oscar-wilde-16_fascinating_it-is-better-to-have-a-permanent-income_1909632.jpg) > [“experience. There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating--people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/experience-there-are-only-two-kinds-of-people-who-are-really/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bc/oscar-wilde-16_experience_experience-there-are-only-two-kinds-of-p_2690733.jpg) > [Unless one is wealthy there is no use in being a charming fellow. Romance is the privilege of the rich, not the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/unless-one-is-wealthy-there-is-no-use-in-being-a-charming-fellow-2/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8a/oscar-wilde-16_charming_unless-one-is-wealthy-there-is-no-use-in_2877971.jpg) > [That is what the highest criticism really is, the record of one's own soul. It is more fascinating than history, as it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/that-is-what-the-highest-criticism-really-is-the-record-of-one-s-own/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d55/oscar-wilde-16_abstract_that-is-what-the-highest-criticism-reall_2950396.jpg) ## Other authors on Fascinating ## 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/fascinating/oscar-wilde/#itemlist", "name": "8 Fascinating Quotes By Oscar Wilde", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "They flaunt their conjugal felicity in one's face, as if it were the most fascinating of sins.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/they-flaunt-their-conjugal-felicity-in-one-s-face-as-if-it-were-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d08/oscar-wilde-16_conjugal_they-flaunt-their-conjugal-felicity-in-o_477754.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d08/oscar-wilde-16_conjugal_they-flaunt-their-conjugal-felicity-in-o_477754.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d08/oscar-wilde-16_conjugal_they-flaunt-their-conjugal-felicity-in-o_477754.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“They flaunt their conjugal felicity in one's face, as if it were the most fascinating of sins.” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A great poet, a really great poet, is the most unpoetical of all creatures. 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