Mind Quotes by Oscar Wilde

What is mind but motion in the intellectual sphere?

— Oscar Wilde

I don't mind plain women being puritans. It is the only excuse they have for being plain.

— Oscar Wilde

“The life that was to make his soul would mar his body.”

— Oscar Wilde

He wanted to be where no one would know who he was. He wanted to escape from himself.

— Oscar Wilde

“There was a look of fear in his eyes, such as people have when they are suddenly awakened. His”

— Oscar Wilde

“The portrait was to bear the burden of his shame: that was all.”

— Oscar Wilde

A writer is someone who has taught his mind to misbehave.

— Oscar Wilde

It is awfully hard work doing nothing. However, I don't mind hard work where there is no definite object of any kind.…

— Oscar Wilde

“And mind you don't talk about anything serious. Nothing is serious nowadays. At least nothing should be.”

— Oscar Wilde

Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of mind over morals.

— Oscar Wilde

The mind of the thoroughly well-informed man is a dreadful thing. It is like a bric-à-brac shop, all monsters and dust, with…

— Oscar Wilde

“Life had suddenly become too hideous a burden for him to bear. The dreadful death of the unlucky beater, shot in the…

— Oscar Wilde

The great poet is always a seer, seeing less with the eyes of the body than he does with the eyes of…

— Oscar Wilde

“So with curious eyes and sick surmise We watched him day by day, And wondered if each one of us Would end…

— 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

I made art a philosophy, and philosophy an art: I altered the minds of men, and the colour of things: I awoke…

— Oscar Wilde

The worst of it is that I am perpetually being punished for nothing; this governor loves to punish, and he punishes by…

— Oscar Wilde

Yes; poor Bunbury is a dreadful invalid. Well, I must say, Algernon, that I think it is high time that Mr. Bunbury…

— 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

He had uttered a mad wish that he himself might remain untarnished, and the face on the canvas bear the burden of…

— Oscar Wilde

We quaff the cup of life with eager haste without draining it, instead of which it only overflows the brim - objects…

— Oscar Wilde

I would not a bit mind sleeping in the cool grass in summer, and when winter came on sheltering myself by the…

— Oscar Wilde

“Nothing is more evident than that Nature hates mind. Thinking is the most unhealthy thing in the world, and people die of…

— 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

“Yes, he remembered it perfectly. He had uttered a mad wish that he himself might remain young, and the portrait grow old;…

— Oscar Wilde

It is a sad thing to think of, but there is no doubt that genius lasts longer than beauty. That accounts for…

— Oscar Wilde

There are few of us who have not sometimes wakened before dawn, either after one of those dreamless nights that make one…

— Oscar Wilde

“The next day he did not leave the house, and, indeed, spent most of the time in his own room, sick with…

— Oscar Wilde

I feel that if I kept it secret it might grow in my mind (as poisonous things grow in the dark) and…

— Oscar Wilde

On an occasion of this kind it becomes more than a moral duty to speak one's mind. It becomes a pleasure.

— Oscar Wilde

It is awfully hard work doing nothing. However, I don't mind hard work when there is no definite object of any kind.…

— Oscar Wilde

The English mind is always in a rage. The intellect of the race is wasted in the sordid and stupid quarrels of…

— Oscar Wilde

“It had brought melancholy across his passions. Its mere memory had marred many moments of joy. It had been like conscience to…

— Oscar Wilde

“There was something in his face that made one trust him at once. All the candour of youth was there, as well…

— Oscar Wilde

I am very glad I have travelled. Travel improves the mind wonderfully, and does away with all one's prejudices.

— Oscar Wilde

“Yet ruled he not long, so great had been his suffering, and so bitter the fire of his testing, for after the…

— Oscar Wilde

“But he felt afraid of him, and ashamed of being afraid. Why had it been left for a stranger to reveal him…

— Oscar Wilde

In the wild struggle for existence, we want to have something that endures, and so we fill our minds with rubbish and…

— Oscar Wilde

Personality must be accepted for what it is. You mustn't mind that a poet is a drunk, rather that drunks are not…

— Oscar Wilde

“was the living death of his own soul that troubled him. Basil had painted the portrait that had marred his”

— Oscar Wilde