Friendship Quotes by Oscar Wilde

True friends stab you in the front.

— Oscar Wilde

A good friend will always stab you in the front.

— Oscar Wilde

Friendship is far more tragic than love. It lasts longer.

— Oscar Wilde

“A true friend stabs you in the front, not the back.”

— Oscar Wilde

He hasn't an enemy in the world, and none of his friend like him.

— Oscar Wilde

It is a very dangerous thing to know one’s friends.

— Oscar Wilde

He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.

— Oscar Wilde

Friendship never forgets. That is the wonderful thing about it.

— Oscar Wilde

Anybody can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend's success.

— Oscar Wilde

Life is one fool thing after another whereas love is two fool things after each other.

— Oscar Wilde

You and I will always be friends." "Yet you poisoned me with a book once. I should not forgive that.

— Oscar Wilde

What is the good of friendship if one cannot say exactly what one means?

— Oscar Wilde

“There seemed to be something tragic in a friendship so coloured by romance.”

— Oscar Wilde

“An acquaintance that begins with a compliment is sure to develop into a real friendship. It starts in the right manner.”

— Oscar Wilde

I always like to know everything about my new friends, and nothing about my old ones.

— Oscar Wilde

To have friends, you know, one need only be good-natured; but when a man has no enemy left there must be something…

— Oscar Wilde

“You have not realized how I have developed. I was a schoolboy when you knew me. I am a man now. I…

— Oscar Wilde

I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. A man…

— Oscar Wilde

If a friend of mine gave a feast, and did not invite me to it, I should not mind a bit. But…

— Oscar Wilde

“You don't understand what friendship is, Harry," he murmured—"or what enmity is, for that matter. You like every one; that is to…

— Oscar Wilde

“I would sooner lose my best friend than my worst enemy. To have friends, you know, one need only be good-natured; but…

— Oscar Wilde

“It is quite true that I have worshipped you with far more romance of feeling than a man usually gives to a…

— Oscar Wilde

“It is always painful to part from people whom one has known for a very brief space of time. The absence of…

— Oscar Wilde

Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation, and conversation must have a common basis, and…

— Oscar Wilde

If a friend of mine gave a feast, and did not invite me to it, I should not mind a bit. but…

— Oscar Wilde

But what is the good of friendship if one cannot say exactly what one means? Anybody can say charming things and try…

— Oscar Wilde

“Besides, if Hans came here, he might ask me to let him have some flour on credit, and that I could not…

— Oscar Wilde

It is quite true that I have worshipped you with far more romance of feeling than a man usually gives to a…

— Oscar Wilde

“I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their good intellects. A…

— Oscar Wilde

“I have promised to dine at White's, but it is only with an old friend, so I can send him a wire…

— Oscar Wilde

“Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one,” said the…

— Oscar Wilde

“LADY BRACKNELL. May I ask if it is in this house that your invalid friend Mr. Bunbury resides? ALGERNON. [Stammering.] Oh! No!…

— Oscar Wilde

I must remember that a good friend is a new world.

— Oscar Wilde

“Your friendship is dearer to me than any fame or reputation.”

— Oscar Wilde

I don't want to go to heaven. None of my friends are there.

— Oscar Wilde

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.

— Oscar Wilde

An excellent man; he has no enemies; and none of his friends like him.

— Oscar Wilde

Anyone can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend's success.

— Oscar Wilde

An acquaintance that begins with a compliment is sure to develop into a real friendship.

— Oscar Wilde

“Your mysterious young friend, whose name you have never told me, but whose picture really fascinates me, never thinks.”

— Oscar Wilde