Regrets Quotes by Oscar Wilde

10 Regrets quotes by Oscar Wilde

Wilde’s take on regrets is packed into ten sharp, witty lines that reveal his characteristic blend of humor and insight. If you want a quick taste of how the playwright turns remorse into clever commentary, this collection fits the bill.

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The only things one never regrets are one's mistakes.

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“That is one of the great secrets of life. Now days most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and…

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“Of course married life is merely a habit, a bad habit. But then one regrets the loss even of one's worse habits.”

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“One of the great secrets of life. Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense and discover too late that…

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But then one regrets the loss even of one's worst habits. Perhaps one regrets them the most. They are such an essential…

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“That is one of the great secrets of life Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover…

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Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things…

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Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one…

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“Of course, married life is merely a habit, a bad habit. But then one regrets the loss even of one's worst habits.…

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“Ah! Lord Henry, I wish you would tell me how to become young again." He thought for a moment. "Can you remember…

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How else but through a broken heart may Lord Christ enter in?

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The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame.

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Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others

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Who, being loved, is poor?

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“Basil my dear boy puts everything that is charming in him into his work. The consequence is that he has nothing left for life…

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Anybody can be good in the country

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I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited.

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“Alles Populäre ist falsch.”

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“If these elements of beauty are real, the whole thing simply appeals to our sense of dramatic effect. Suddenly we find that we are…

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To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance

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“Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope.”

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Men always want to be a womans first love. Women have a more subtle instinct: What they like is to be a mans last…

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