--- title: "7 Selfish Quotes By Oscar Wilde" description: "7 Selfish quotes by Oscar Wilde. Plus more from Oscar Wilde and more Selfish sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16c/oscar-wilde-16_accepting_selfishness-is-not-living-as-one-wishes_252804.jpg" --- > [Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live; it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. And unselfishness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/selfishness-is-not-living-as-one-wishes-to-live-it-is-asking-others/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16c/oscar-wilde-16_accepting_selfishness-is-not-living-as-one-wishes_252804.jpg) > [No, I am not at all cynical, I have merely got experience, which, however, is very much the same thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/no-i-am-not-at-all-cynical-i-have-merely-got-experience-which-however/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a3/oscar-wilde-16_cynical_no-i-am-not-at-all-cynical-i-have-merely_651842.jpg) > [“Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. And unselfishness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/selfishness-is-not-living-as-one-wishes-to-live-it-is-asking-others-4/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cef/oscar-wilde-16_life_selfishness-is-not-living-as-one-wishes_2050078.jpg) > [A man who does not think for himself does not think at all. It is grossly selfish to require of one's neighbour…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/a-man-who-does-not-think-for-himself-does-not-think-at-all-it-is/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54f/oscar-wilde-16_doe_a-man-who-does-not-think-for-himself-doe_2293177.jpg) > [“I want to make Romeo jealous! I want the dead lovers of the world to hear our laughter, and grow sad. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/i-want-to-make-romeo-jealous-i-want-the-dead-lovers-of-the-world-to/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8c/oscar-wilde-16_love_i-want-to-make-romeo-jealous-i-want-the_2331466.jpg) > [A red rose is not selfish because it wants to be a red rose. It would be horribly selfish if it wanted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/a-red-rose-is-not-selfish-because-it-wants-to-be-a-red-rose-it-would/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/373/oscar-wilde-16_flower_a-red-rose-is-not-selfish-because-it-wan_2585324.jpg) > [She has form," he said to himself, as he walked away through the grove - "that cannot be denied to her; but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/she-has-form-he-said-to-himself-as-he-walked-away-through-the-grove/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b55/oscar-wilde-16_art_she-has-form-he-said-to-himself-as-he-wa_2762635.jpg) ## Other authors on Selfish ## 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/selfish/oscar-wilde/#itemlist", "name": "7 Selfish Quotes By Oscar Wilde", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live; it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. 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