--- title: "6 Tired Quotes By Oscar Wilde" description: "6 Tired quotes by Oscar Wilde. Plus more from Oscar Wilde and more Tired sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cec/oscar-wilde-16_art_i-have-grown-tired-of-the-articulate-utt_510523.jpg" --- > [I have grown tired of the articulate utterances of men and things. The Mystical in Art, the Mystical in Life, the Mystical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/i-have-grown-tired-of-the-articulate-utterances-of-men-and-things-the/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cec/oscar-wilde-16_art_i-have-grown-tired-of-the-articulate-utt_510523.jpg) > [“I am tired of myself tonight. I should like to be somebody else.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/i-am-tired-of-myself-tonight-i-should-like-to-be-somebody-else/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01c/oscar-wilde-16_ennui_i-am-tired-of-myself-tonight-i-should-li_1342440.jpg) > [I am tired of myself to-night. I should like to be somebody else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/i-am-tired-of-myself-to-night-i-should-like-to-be-somebody-else/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/caf/oscar-wilde-16_inspirational_i-am-tired-of-myself-to-night-i-should-l_1937501.jpg) > [The public has always, and in every age, been badly brought up. They are continually asking Art to be popular, to please…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-public-has-always-and-in-every-age-been-badly-brought-up-they-are/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6b/oscar-wilde-16_absurd_the-public-has-always-and-in-every-age-b_2234609.jpg) > [Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious; both are disappointed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/men-marry-because-they-are-tired-women-because-they-are-curious-both/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66f/oscar-wilde-16_curious_men-marry-because-they-are-tired-women-b_2757254.jpg) > [Many of the great achievements of the world were accomplished by tired and discouraged men who kept on working.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/many-of-the-great-achievements-of-the-world-were-accomplished-by/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c71/oscar-wilde-16_accomplished_many-of-the-great-achievements-of-the-wo_2889789.jpg) ## Other authors on Tired ## 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/tired/oscar-wilde/#itemlist", "name": "6 Tired Quotes By Oscar Wilde", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I have grown tired of the articulate utterances of men and things. 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