--- title: "7 Foolish Quotes By Oscar Wilde" description: "7 Foolish quotes by Oscar Wilde. Plus more from Oscar Wilde and more Foolish sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5f/oscar-wilde-16_answers_in-examinations-the-foolish-ask-question_150692.jpg" --- > [In examinations the foolish ask questions that the wise cannot answer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/in-examinations-the-foolish-ask-questions-that-the-wise-cannot-answer/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5f/oscar-wilde-16_answers_in-examinations-the-foolish-ask-question_150692.jpg) > [The British cook, for her iniquities, is a foolish woman who should be turned into a pillar of salt which she never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-british-cook-for-her-iniquities-is-a-foolish-woman-who-should-be/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/669/oscar-wilde-16_british_the-british-cook-for-her-iniquities-is-a_767850.jpg) > [“I had been foolish in imagining that I had seen anything in it, more than that you were extremely good looking, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/i-had-been-foolish-in-imagining-that-i-had-seen-anything-in-it-more/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4e/oscar-wilde-16_quote_i-had-been-foolish-in-imagining-that-i-h_1155921.jpg) > [And, as for what is called improving conversation, that is merely the foolish method by which the still more foolish philanthropist feebly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/and-as-for-what-is-called-improving-conversation-that-is-merely-the/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af2/oscar-wilde-16_class_and-as-for-what-is-called-improving-conv_1320854.jpg) > [There should be a law that no ordinary newspaper should be allowed to write about art. The harm they do by their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/there-should-be-a-law-that-no-ordinary-newspaper-should-be-allowed-to-2/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/930/oscar-wilde-16_amount_there-should-be-a-law-that-no-ordinary-n_1506173.jpg) > [In examinations, the foolish ask questions the wise cannot answer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/in-examinations-the-foolish-ask-questions-the-wise-cannot-answer/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f43/oscar-wilde-16_ask-questions_in-examinations-the-foolish-ask-question_1749169.jpg) > [“Dorian is far too wise not to do foolish things now and then,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/dorian-is-far-too-wise-not-to-do-foolish-things-now-and-then/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f6/oscar-wilde-16_dorian_dorian-is-far-too-wise-not-to-do-foolish_2720916.jpg) ## Other authors on Foolish ## 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/foolish/oscar-wilde/#itemlist", "name": "7 Foolish Quotes By Oscar Wilde", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In examinations the foolish ask questions that the wise cannot answer.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/in-examinations-the-foolish-ask-questions-that-the-wise-cannot-answer/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5f/oscar-wilde-16_answers_in-examinations-the-foolish-ask-question_150692.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5f/oscar-wilde-16_answers_in-examinations-the-foolish-ask-question_150692.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5f/oscar-wilde-16_answers_in-examinations-the-foolish-ask-question_150692.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In examinations the foolish ask questions that the wise cannot answer.” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The British cook, for her iniquities, is a foolish woman who should be turned into a pillar of salt which she never knows how to use.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-british-cook-for-her-iniquities-is-a-foolish-woman-who-should-be/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/669/oscar-wilde-16_british_the-british-cook-for-her-iniquities-is-a_767850.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/669/oscar-wilde-16_british_the-british-cook-for-her-iniquities-is-a_767850.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/669/oscar-wilde-16_british_the-british-cook-for-her-iniquities-is-a_767850.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The British cook, for her iniquities, is a foolish woman who should be turned into a pillar of salt which…” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I had been foolish in imagining that I had seen anything in it, more than that you were extremely good looking, and that I could paint.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/i-had-been-foolish-in-imagining-that-i-had-seen-anything-in-it-more/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4e/oscar-wilde-16_quote_i-had-been-foolish-in-imagining-that-i-h_1155921.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4e/oscar-wilde-16_quote_i-had-been-foolish-in-imagining-that-i-h_1155921.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4e/oscar-wilde-16_quote_i-had-been-foolish-in-imagining-that-i-h_1155921.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I had been foolish in imagining that I had seen anything in it, more than that you were extremely good…” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "And, as for what is called improving conversation, that is merely the foolish method by which the still more foolish philanthropist feebly tries to disarm the just rancour of the criminal classes.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/and-as-for-what-is-called-improving-conversation-that-is-merely-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af2/oscar-wilde-16_class_and-as-for-what-is-called-improving-conv_1320854.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af2/oscar-wilde-16_class_and-as-for-what-is-called-improving-conv_1320854.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af2/oscar-wilde-16_class_and-as-for-what-is-called-improving-conv_1320854.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“And, as for what is called improving conversation, that is merely the foolish method by which the still more…” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There should be a law that no ordinary newspaper should be allowed to write about art. 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