--- title: "8 Single word Quotes By Oscar Wilde" description: "8 Single word quotes by Oscar Wilde. Plus more from Oscar Wilde and more Single word sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d91/oscar-wilde-16_easier_the-birds-did-not-understand-a-single-wo_87481.jpg" --- > [The birds did not understand a single word of what he was saying, but that made no matter, for they put their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-birds-did-not-understand-a-single-word-of-what-he-was-saying-but/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d91/oscar-wilde-16_easier_the-birds-did-not-understand-a-single-wo_87481.jpg) > [“I never believe a single word that either you or I say to each other.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/i-never-believe-a-single-word-that-either-you-or-i-say-to-each-other/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/437/oscar-wilde-16_believe_i-never-believe-a-single-word-that-eithe_478287.jpg) > [I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/i-am-so-clever-that-sometimes-i-don-t-understand-a-single-word-of/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11a/oscar-wilde-16_language_i-am-so-clever-that-sometimes-i-don-t-un_1455672.jpg) > [How clever you are, my dear! You never mean a single word you say.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/how-clever-you-are-my-dear-you-never-mean-a-single-word-you-say/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60c/oscar-wilde-16_clever_how-clever-you-are-my-dear-you-never-mea_1644287.jpg) > [How clever are you, my dear! You never mean a single word you say!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/how-clever-are-you-my-dear-you-never-mean-a-single-word-you-say/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f3/oscar-wilde-16_clever_how-clever-are-you-my-dear-you-never-mea_1761607.jpg) > [“I like hearing myself talk. It is one of my greatest pleasures. I often have long conversations all by myself, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/i-like-hearing-myself-talk-it-is-one-of-my-greatest-pleasures-i-often/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96c/oscar-wilde-16_communication_i-like-hearing-myself-talk-it-is-one-of_2557258.jpg) > [I like hearing myself talk. It is one of my greatest pleasures. I often have long conversations all by myself. Sometimes I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/i-like-hearing-myself-talk-it-is-one-of-my-greatest-pleasures-i-often-2/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eae/oscar-wilde-16_clever_i-like-hearing-myself-talk-it-is-one-of_2920037.jpg) > [There is no good talking to him," said a Dragon-fly, who was sitting on the top of a large brown bulrush; "no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/there-is-no-good-talking-to-him-said-a-dragon-fly-who-was-sitting-on/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/897/oscar-wilde-16_attention_there-is-no-good-talking-to-him-said-a-d_2956139.jpg) ## Other authors on Single word ## 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/single-word/oscar-wilde/#itemlist", "name": "8 Single word Quotes By Oscar Wilde", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The birds did not understand a single word of what he was saying, but that made no matter, for they put their heads on one side, and looked wise, which is quite as good as understanding a thing, and very much easier.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-birds-did-not-understand-a-single-word-of-what-he-was-saying-but/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d91/oscar-wilde-16_easier_the-birds-did-not-understand-a-single-wo_87481.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d91/oscar-wilde-16_easier_the-birds-did-not-understand-a-single-wo_87481.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d91/oscar-wilde-16_easier_the-birds-did-not-understand-a-single-wo_87481.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The birds did not understand a single word of what he was saying, but that made no matter, for they put…” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I never believe a single word that either you or I say to each other.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/i-never-believe-a-single-word-that-either-you-or-i-say-to-each-other/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/437/oscar-wilde-16_believe_i-never-believe-a-single-word-that-eithe_478287.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/437/oscar-wilde-16_believe_i-never-believe-a-single-word-that-eithe_478287.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/437/oscar-wilde-16_believe_i-never-believe-a-single-word-that-eithe_478287.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I never believe a single word that either you or I say to each other.” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/i-am-so-clever-that-sometimes-i-don-t-understand-a-single-word-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11a/oscar-wilde-16_language_i-am-so-clever-that-sometimes-i-don-t-un_1455672.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11a/oscar-wilde-16_language_i-am-so-clever-that-sometimes-i-don-t-un_1455672.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11a/oscar-wilde-16_language_i-am-so-clever-that-sometimes-i-don-t-un_1455672.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "How clever you are, my dear! 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