--- title: "25 Poor Quotes By Oscar Wilde" description: "25 Poor quotes by Oscar Wilde. Plus more from Oscar Wilde and more Poor sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96b/oscar-wilde-16_love_who-being-loved-is-poor-5607_5607.jpg" --- > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96b/oscar-wilde-16_love_who-being-loved-is-poor-5607_5607.jpg) > [The tragedy of the poor is that they can afford nothing but self denial.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-tragedy-of-the-poor-is-that-they-can-afford-nothing-but-self/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75a/oscar-wilde-16_denial_the-tragedy-of-the-poor-is-that-they-can_650768.jpg) > [The man with a clear conscience probably has a poor memory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-man-with-a-clear-conscience-probably-has-a-poor-memory/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e5/oscar-wilde-16_clear_the-man-with-a-clear-conscience-probably_2239312.jpg) > [Poor? What does that matter? When poverty creeps in at the door, love flies in through the window.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/poor-what-does-that-matter-when-poverty-creeps-in-at-the-door-love/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60d/oscar-wilde-16_creeps_poor-what-does-that-matter-when-poverty_143121.jpg) > [As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them of course, but one cannot possibly admire them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/as-for-the-virtuous-poor-one-can-pity-them-of-course-but-one-cannot-2/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e5/oscar-wilde-16_admire_as-for-the-virtuous-poor-one-can-pity-th_1959760.jpg) > [You have never been poor, and never known what ambition is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/you-have-never-been-poor-and-never-known-what-ambition-is/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/043/oscar-wilde-16_ambition_you-have-never-been-poor-and-never-known_1916571.jpg) > [If the poor only had profiles there would be no difficulty in solving the problem of poverty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/if-the-poor-only-had-profiles-there-would-be-no-difficulty-in-solving/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9af/oscar-wilde-16_difficulty_if-the-poor-only-had-profiles-there-woul_3215638.jpg) > [In war, the strong make slaves of the weak, and in peace the rich makes slaves of the poor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/in-war-the-strong-make-slaves-of-the-weak-and-in-peace-the-rich-makes/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8b/oscar-wilde-16_money_in-war-the-strong-make-slaves-of-the-wea_1871118.jpg) > [The only thing that can console one for being poor is extravagance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-only-thing-that-can-console-one-for-being-poor-is-extravagance/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/729/oscar-wilde-16_console_the-only-thing-that-can-console-one-for_1315778.jpg) > [Sometimes the poor are praised for being thrifty. But to recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/sometimes-the-poor-are-praised-for-being-thrifty-but-to-recommend/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/848/oscar-wilde-16_grotesque_sometimes-the-poor-are-praised-for-being_1470070.jpg) > [You know I have loved him always. But we are very poor. Who, being loved, is poor? Oh, no one. I hate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/you-know-i-have-loved-him-always-but-we-are-very-poor-who-being-loved/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/654/oscar-wilde-16_being-loved_you-know-i-have-loved-him-always-but-we_303222.jpg) > [“There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/there-is-only-one-class-in-the-community-that-thinks-more-about-money/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/145/oscar-wilde-16_money_there-is-only-one-class-in-the-community_727056.jpg) > [“There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/there-is-only-one-class-in-the-community-that-thinks-more-about-money-2/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/335/oscar-wilde-16_money_there-is-only-one-class-in-the-community_1643260.jpg) > [“You know we poor artists have to show ourselves in society from time to time, just to remind the public that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/you-know-we-poor-artists-have-to-show-ourselves-in-society-from-time/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/199/oscar-wilde-16_art_you-know-we-poor-artists-have-to-show-ou_1345008.jpg) > [It is a very poor consolation to be told that the man who has given one a bad dinner, or poor wine,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/it-is-a-very-poor-consolation-to-be-told-that-the-man-who-has-given/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fb/oscar-wilde-16_cardinals_it-is-a-very-poor-consolation-to-be-told_1524137.jpg) > [There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/there-is-only-one-class-in-the-community-that-thinks-more-about-money-3/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f7/oscar-wilde-16_class_there-is-only-one-class-in-the-community_2581464.jpg) > [You shut out from your society the gentle and the good. You laugh at the simple and the pure. living, as you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/you-shut-out-from-your-society-the-gentle-and-the-good-you-laugh-at-2/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/293/oscar-wilde-16_bread_you-shut-out-from-your-society-the-gentl_2145137.jpg) > [Unless one is wealthy there is no use in being a charming fellow. Romance is the privilege of the rich, not the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/unless-one-is-wealthy-there-is-no-use-in-being-a-charming-fellow-2/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8a/oscar-wilde-16_charming_unless-one-is-wealthy-there-is-no-use-in_2877971.jpg) > [Yes; poor Bunbury is a dreadful invalid. Well, I must say, Algernon, that I think it is high time that Mr. Bunbury…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/yes-poor-bunbury-is-a-dreadful-invalid-well-i-must-say-algernon-that/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10b/oscar-wilde-16_absurd_yes-poor-bunbury-is-a-dreadful-invalid-w_1710468.jpg) > [As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them, of course, but one cannot possibly admire them. They have made private terms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/as-for-the-virtuous-poor-one-can-pity-them-of-course-but-one-cannot/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3d/oscar-wilde-16_admire_as-for-the-virtuous-poor-one-can-pity-th_845580.jpg) > [In war," answered the weaver, "the strong make slaves of the weak, and in peace the rich make slaves of the poor.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/in-war-answered-the-weaver-the-strong-make-slaves-of-the-weak-and-in/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/921/oscar-wilde-16_age_in-war-answered-the-weaver-the-strong-ma_2708196.jpg) > [Extravagance is the luxury of the poor; penury is the luxury of the rich.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/extravagance-is-the-luxury-of-the-poor-penury-is-the-luxury-of-the/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fa/oscar-wilde-16_extravagance_extravagance-is-the-luxury-of-the-poor-p_1603629.jpg) > [“I should fancy that the real tragedy of the poor is that they can afford nothing but self-denial.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/i-should-fancy-that-the-real-tragedy-of-the-poor-is-that-they-can/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91e/oscar-wilde-16_poor_i-should-fancy-that-the-real-tragedy-of_3199154.jpg) > [“It was a poor thing she felt for anyone to be born a foreigner.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/it-was-a-poor-thing-she-felt-for-anyone-to-be-born-a-foreigner/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f9/oscar-wilde-16_foreigner_it-was-a-poor-thing-she-felt-for-anyone_75882.jpg) > [As for begging, it is safer to beg than to take, but it is finer to take than to beg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/as-for-begging-it-is-safer-to-beg-than-to-take-but-it-is-finer-to/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/330/oscar-wilde-16_beggar_as-for-begging-it-is-safer-to-beg-than-t_3163185.jpg) ## Other authors on Poor ## 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/poor/oscar-wilde/#itemlist", "name": "25 Poor Quotes By Oscar Wilde", "numberOfItems": 25, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Who, being loved, is poor?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/who-being-loved-is-poor/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96b/oscar-wilde-16_love_who-being-loved-is-poor-5607_5607.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96b/oscar-wilde-16_love_who-being-loved-is-poor-5607_5607.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96b/oscar-wilde-16_love_who-being-loved-is-poor-5607_5607.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Who, being loved, is poor?” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The tragedy of the poor is that they can afford nothing but self denial.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-tragedy-of-the-poor-is-that-they-can-afford-nothing-but-self/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75a/oscar-wilde-16_denial_the-tragedy-of-the-poor-is-that-they-can_650768.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75a/oscar-wilde-16_denial_the-tragedy-of-the-poor-is-that-they-can_650768.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75a/oscar-wilde-16_denial_the-tragedy-of-the-poor-is-that-they-can_650768.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The tragedy of the poor is that they can afford nothing but self denial.” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The man with a clear conscience probably has a poor memory.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-man-with-a-clear-conscience-probably-has-a-poor-memory/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e5/oscar-wilde-16_clear_the-man-with-a-clear-conscience-probably_2239312.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e5/oscar-wilde-16_clear_the-man-with-a-clear-conscience-probably_2239312.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e5/oscar-wilde-16_clear_the-man-with-a-clear-conscience-probably_2239312.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The man with a clear conscience probably has a poor memory.” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Poor? 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