--- title: "9 Horrible Quotes By Oscar Wilde" description: "9 Horrible quotes by Oscar Wilde. Plus more from Oscar Wilde and more Horrible sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d9/oscar-wilde-16_ennui_the-only-horrible-thing-in-the-world-is_2875284.jpg" --- > [The only horrible thing in the world is ennui.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-only-horrible-thing-in-the-world-is-ennui/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d9/oscar-wilde-16_ennui_the-only-horrible-thing-in-the-world-is_2875284.jpg) > [“have a horrible presentiment that something of the kind may happen to me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/have-a-horrible-presentiment-that-something-of-the-kind-may-happen-to/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/519/oscar-wilde-16_quote_have-a-horrible-presentiment-that-someth_1038215.jpg) > [memory, like a horrible malady, was eating his soul away](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/memory-like-a-horrible-malady-was-eating-his-soul-away/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39b/oscar-wilde-16_eating_memory-like-a-horrible-malady-was-eating_2903943.jpg) > [The fact is, that civilization requires slaves. Unless there are slaves to do the ugly, horrible, uninteresting work, culture and contemplation become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-fact-is-that-civilization-requires-slaves-unless-there-are-slaves/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99b/oscar-wilde-16_civilization_the-fact-is-that-civilization-requires-s_2323739.jpg) > [It is immoral to use private property in order to alleviate the horrible evils that result from the institutions of private property.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/it-is-immoral-to-use-private-property-in-order-to-alleviate-the-2/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15e/oscar-wilde-16_alleviate_it-is-immoral-to-use-private-property-in_3198441.jpg) > [After the first glass, you see things as you wish they were. After the second, you see things as they are not.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/after-the-first-glass-you-see-things-as-you-wish-they-were-after-the/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/809/oscar-wilde-16_drinking_after-the-first-glass-you-see-things-as_96781.jpg) > [Loveless marriages are horrible. But there is one thing worse than an absolutely loveless marriage. A marriage in which there is love,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/loveless-marriages-are-horrible-but-there-is-one-thing-worse-than-an/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/615/oscar-wilde-16_broken_loveless-marriages-are-horrible-but-ther_1658201.jpg) > [How sad it is!" murmured Dorian Gray with his eyes still fixed upon his own portrait. "How sad it is! I shall…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/how-sad-it-is-murmured-dorian-gray-with-his-eyes-still-fixed-upon-his/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/169/oscar-wilde-16_eye_how-sad-it-is-murmured-dorian-gray-with_1974536.jpg) > [How you can sit there, calmly eating muffins when we are in this horrible trouble, I can’t make out. You seem to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/how-you-can-sit-there-calmly-eating-muffins-when-we-are-in-this/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b4/oscar-wilde-16_calm_how-you-can-sit-there-calmly-eating-muff_2962608.jpg) ## Other authors on Horrible ## 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/horrible/oscar-wilde/#itemlist", "name": "9 Horrible Quotes By Oscar Wilde", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The only horrible thing in the world is ennui.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-only-horrible-thing-in-the-world-is-ennui/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d9/oscar-wilde-16_ennui_the-only-horrible-thing-in-the-world-is_2875284.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d9/oscar-wilde-16_ennui_the-only-horrible-thing-in-the-world-is_2875284.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d9/oscar-wilde-16_ennui_the-only-horrible-thing-in-the-world-is_2875284.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The only horrible thing in the world is ennui.” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“have a horrible presentiment that something of the kind may happen to me.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/have-a-horrible-presentiment-that-something-of-the-kind-may-happen-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/519/oscar-wilde-16_quote_have-a-horrible-presentiment-that-someth_1038215.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/519/oscar-wilde-16_quote_have-a-horrible-presentiment-that-someth_1038215.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/519/oscar-wilde-16_quote_have-a-horrible-presentiment-that-someth_1038215.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“have a horrible presentiment that something of the kind may happen to me.” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "memory, like a horrible malady, was eating his soul away", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/memory-like-a-horrible-malady-was-eating-his-soul-away/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39b/oscar-wilde-16_eating_memory-like-a-horrible-malady-was-eating_2903943.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39b/oscar-wilde-16_eating_memory-like-a-horrible-malady-was-eating_2903943.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39b/oscar-wilde-16_eating_memory-like-a-horrible-malady-was-eating_2903943.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“memory, like a horrible malady, was eating his soul away” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The fact is, that civilization requires slaves. 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