--- title: "7 Harry Quotes By Oscar Wilde" description: "7 Harry quotes by Oscar Wilde. Plus more from Oscar Wilde and more Harry sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6a/oscar-wilde-16_confess_yes-harry-i-believe-that-is-true-i-canno_93715.jpg" --- > [“Yes Harry I believe that is true. I cannot help telling you things. You have a curious influence over me. If I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/yes-harry-i-believe-that-is-true-i-cannot-help-telling-you-things-you/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6a/oscar-wilde-16_confess_yes-harry-i-believe-that-is-true-i-canno_93715.jpg) > [“I know he likes me. Of course I flatter him dreadfully. I find a strange pleasure in saying things to him that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/i-know-he-likes-me-of-course-i-flatter-him-dreadfully-i-find-a/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/091/oscar-wilde-16_quote_i-know-he-likes-me-of-course-i-flatter-h_224557.jpg) > [“You will always be loved, and you will always be in love with love.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/you-will-always-be-loved-and-you-will-always-be-in-love-with-love/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1da/oscar-wilde-16_harry_you-will-always-be-loved-and-you-will-al_450280.jpg) > [“Marriage is hardly a thing that one can do now and then, Harry. Except in America, rejoined Lord Henry, languidly.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/marriage-is-hardly-a-thing-that-one-can-do-now-and-then-harry-except/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ca/oscar-wilde-16_lord-henry_marriage-is-hardly-a-thing-that-one-can_856318.jpg) > [“Now and then, however, he is horribly thoughtless, and seems to take a real delight in giving me pain. Then I feel,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/now-and-then-however-he-is-horribly-thoughtless-and-seems-to-take-a/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6c/oscar-wilde-16_appreciation_now-and-then-however-he-is-horribly-thou_941706.jpg) > [“Harry spends his days in saying what is incredible, and his evenings in doing what is improbable. Just the sort of life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/harry-spends-his-days-in-saying-what-is-incredible-and-his-evenings/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a56/oscar-wilde-16_life_harry-spends-his-days-in-saying-what-is_1677974.jpg) > [I didn't say I liked it Harry. I said it fascinated me. There is a great difference.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/i-didn-t-say-i-liked-it-harry-i-said-it-fascinated-me-there-is-a/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd0/oscar-wilde-16_differences_i-didn-t-say-i-liked-it-harry-i-said-it_3140901.jpg) ## Other authors on Harry ## 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/harry/oscar-wilde/#itemlist", "name": "7 Harry Quotes By Oscar Wilde", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Yes Harry I believe that is true. I cannot help telling you things. You have a curious influence over me. 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