--- title: "16 Stupid Quotes By Oscar Wilde" description: "16 Stupid quotes by Oscar Wilde. Plus more from Oscar Wilde and more Stupid sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ce/oscar-wilde-16_boring_most-people-are-boring-and-stupid-214732_214732.jpg" --- > [Most people are boring and stupid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/most-people-are-boring-and-stupid/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ce/oscar-wilde-16_boring_most-people-are-boring-and-stupid-214732_214732.jpg) > [Irony is wasted on the stupid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/irony-is-wasted-on-the-stupid/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/804/oscar-wilde-16_irony_irony-is-wasted-on-the-stupid-1208508_1208508.jpg) > [Personally, I have a great admiration for stupidity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/personally-i-have-a-great-admiration-for-stupidity/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5a/oscar-wilde-16_admiration_personally-i-have-a-great-admiration-for_1304007.jpg) > [It is the stupid and the ugly who have the best of it in this world](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/it-is-the-stupid-and-the-ugly-who-have-the-best-of-it-in-this-world/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5d/oscar-wilde-16_stupid_it-is-the-stupid-and-the-ugly-who-have-t_795810.jpg) > [“The ugly and the stupid have the best of it in this world. They can sit at their ease and gape at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-ugly-and-the-stupid-have-the-best-of-it-in-this-world-they-can-4/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a6/oscar-wilde-16_stupid_the-ugly-and-the-stupid-have-the-best-of_2527539.jpg) > [Nobody ever commits a crime without doing something stupid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/nobody-ever-commits-a-crime-without-doing-something-stupid/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b6/oscar-wilde-16_commit_nobody-ever-commits-a-crime-without-doin_3207775.jpg) > [It takes a thoroughly good woman to do a thoroughly stupid thing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/it-takes-a-thoroughly-good-woman-to-do-a-thoroughly-stupid-thing/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/895/oscar-wilde-16_cocky_it-takes-a-thoroughly-good-woman-to-do-a_2269276.jpg) > [Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/whenever-a-man-does-a-thoroughly-stupid-thing-it-is-always-from-the/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2aa/oscar-wilde-16_stupid_whenever-a-man-does-a-thoroughly-stupid_601178.jpg) > [The English mind is always in a rage. The intellect of the race is wasted in the sordid and stupid quarrels of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-english-mind-is-always-in-a-rage-the-intellect-of-the-race-is/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/659/oscar-wilde-16_intellect_the-english-mind-is-always-in-a-rage-the_2568093.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) > [The only thing that ever consoles man for the stupid things he does is the praise he always gives himself for doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-only-thing-that-ever-consoles-man-for-the-stupid-things-he-does/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cd/oscar-wilde-16_console_the-only-thing-that-ever-consoles-man-fo_829268.jpg) > [I never came across anyone in whom the moral sense was dominant who was not heartless, cruel, vindictive, log-stupid, and entirely lacking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/i-never-came-across-anyone-in-whom-the-moral-sense-was-dominant-who/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99c/oscar-wilde-16_beast_i-never-came-across-anyone-in-whom-the-m_481822.jpg) > [Each of the professions means a prejudice. The necessity for a career forces every one to take sides. We live in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/each-of-the-professions-means-a-prejudice-the-necessity-for-a-career/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ba/oscar-wilde-16_age_each-of-the-professions-means-a-prejudic_2072013.jpg) > [A man is called affected, nowadays, if he dresses as he likes to dress. But in doing that he is acting in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/a-man-is-called-affected-nowadays-if-he-dresses-as-he-likes-to-dress/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60c/oscar-wilde-16_acting_a-man-is-called-affected-nowadays-if-he_3075204.jpg) > [You have killed my love. You used to stir my imagination. Now you don't even stir my curiosity. You simply produce no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/you-have-killed-my-love-you-used-to-stir-my-imagination-now-you-don-t/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b3/oscar-wilde-16_art_you-have-killed-my-love-you-used-to-stir_1830828.jpg) > [The ugly and stupid have the best of it in this world. They can sit at their ease and gape at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-ugly-and-stupid-have-the-best-of-it-in-this-world-they-can-sit-at/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27f/oscar-wilde-16_aliens_the-ugly-and-stupid-have-the-best-of-it_1952901.jpg) ## Other authors on Stupid ## 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/stupid/oscar-wilde/#itemlist", "name": "16 Stupid Quotes By Oscar Wilde", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Most people are boring and stupid.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/most-people-are-boring-and-stupid/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ce/oscar-wilde-16_boring_most-people-are-boring-and-stupid-214732_214732.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ce/oscar-wilde-16_boring_most-people-are-boring-and-stupid-214732_214732.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ce/oscar-wilde-16_boring_most-people-are-boring-and-stupid-214732_214732.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Most people are boring and stupid.” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Irony is wasted on the stupid", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/irony-is-wasted-on-the-stupid/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/804/oscar-wilde-16_irony_irony-is-wasted-on-the-stupid-1208508_1208508.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/804/oscar-wilde-16_irony_irony-is-wasted-on-the-stupid-1208508_1208508.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/804/oscar-wilde-16_irony_irony-is-wasted-on-the-stupid-1208508_1208508.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Irony is wasted on the stupid” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Personally, I have a great admiration for stupidity.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/personally-i-have-a-great-admiration-for-stupidity/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5a/oscar-wilde-16_admiration_personally-i-have-a-great-admiration-for_1304007.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5a/oscar-wilde-16_admiration_personally-i-have-a-great-admiration-for_1304007.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5a/oscar-wilde-16_admiration_personally-i-have-a-great-admiration-for_1304007.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Personally, I have a great admiration for stupidity.” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is the stupid and the ugly who have the best of it in this world", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/it-is-the-stupid-and-the-ugly-who-have-the-best-of-it-in-this-world/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5d/oscar-wilde-16_stupid_it-is-the-stupid-and-the-ugly-who-have-t_795810.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5d/oscar-wilde-16_stupid_it-is-the-stupid-and-the-ugly-who-have-t_795810.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5d/oscar-wilde-16_stupid_it-is-the-stupid-and-the-ugly-who-have-t_795810.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It is the stupid and the ugly who have the best of it in this world” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The ugly and the stupid have the best of it in this world. 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