--- title: "5 Sense of humor Quotes By Oscar Wilde" description: "5 Sense of humor quotes by Oscar Wilde. Plus more from Oscar Wilde and more Sense of humor sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cc/oscar-wilde-16_humor_imagination-is-a-quality-that-was-given_176590.jpg" --- > [Imagination is a quality that was given to man compensate him from whats not. The sense of humor was given to console…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/imagination-is-a-quality-that-was-given-to-man-compensate-him-from/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cc/oscar-wilde-16_humor_imagination-is-a-quality-that-was-given_176590.jpg) > [Nothing spoils romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/nothing-spoils-romance-so-much-as-a-sense-of-humor-in-the-woman/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8a/oscar-wilde-16_humor_nothing-spoils-romance-so-much-as-a-sens_625195.jpg) > [There is no such thing as romance in our day, women have become too brilliant; nothing spoils a romance so much as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/there-is-no-such-thing-as-romance-in-our-day-women-have-become-too/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d1/oscar-wilde-16_brilliant_there-is-no-such-thing-as-romance-in-our_972895.jpg) > [Nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman - or the want of it in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/nothing-spoils-a-romance-so-much-as-a-sense-of-humor-in-the-woman-or/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e3/oscar-wilde-16_humor_nothing-spoils-a-romance-so-much-as-a-se_1311153.jpg) > [Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement. Nothing spoils romance so much as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/romance-should-never-begin-with-sentiment-it-should-begin-with-2/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53c/oscar-wilde-16_deceiving_romance-should-never-begin-with-sentimen_2912293.jpg) ## Other authors on Sense of humor - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-glen-rambharack-269.jpg) Glen Rambharack 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sense-of-humor/glen-rambharack/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sense-of-humor/frederick-lenz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-zach-anner-4934.jpg) Zach Anner 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sense-of-humor/zach-anner/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-christine-feehan-23819.jpg) Christine Feehan 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sense-of-humor/christine-feehan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-tom-robbins-91549.jpg) Tom Robbins 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sense-of-humor/tom-robbins/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rick-riordan-79077.jpg) Rick Riordan 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sense-of-humor/rick-riordan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-toni-morrison-91730.jpg) Toni Morrison 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sense-of-humor/toni-morrison/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sherrilyn-kenyon-84925.jpg) Sherrilyn Kenyon 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sense-of-humor/sherrilyn-kenyon/) - [Lars Propst 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sense-of-humor/lars-propst/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-dean-koontz-28245.jpg) Dean Koontz 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sense-of-humor/dean-koontz/) - [Criss Jami 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sense-of-humor/criss-jami/) ## 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/sense-of-humor/oscar-wilde/#itemlist", "name": "5 Sense of humor Quotes By Oscar Wilde", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Imagination is a quality that was given to man compensate him from whats not. 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