Use Quotes by Oscar Wilde

The morality of art consists in the perfect use of an imperfect medium.

— Oscar Wilde

What a pity that in life we only get our lessons when they are of no use to us.

— Oscar Wilde

Don't use big words. They mean so little.

— Oscar Wilde

Really, if the lower orders don't set a good example, what on earth is the use of them?

— Oscar Wilde

I hate vulgar realism in literature. The man who would call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one.

— Oscar Wilde

It is immoral to use private property in order to alleviate the horrible evils that result from the institutions of private property.

— Oscar Wilde

Clergymen and people who use phrases without wisdom sometimes talk of suffering as a mystery. It is really a revelation.

— Oscar Wilde

The British cook, for her iniquities, is a foolish woman who should be turned into a pillar of salt which she never…

— Oscar Wilde

It is only the unimaginative who ever invents. The true artist is known by the use he makes of what he annexes.

— Oscar Wilde

I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate…

— Oscar Wilde

At twilight, nature is not without loveliness, though perhaps its chief use is to illustrate quotations from the poets.

— Oscar Wilde

We call ours a utilitarian age, and we do not know the uses of any single thing. We have forgotten that water…

— Oscar Wilde

Unless one is wealthy there is no use in being a charming fellow. Romance is the privilege of the rich, not the…

— Oscar Wilde

It is a sad truth, but we have lost the faculty of giving lovely names to things. Names are everything. I never…

— Oscar Wilde

It is only shallow people who require years to get rid of an emotion. A man who is master of himself can…

— Oscar Wilde

Children have a natural antipathy to books- handicraft should be the basis of education. Boys and girls should be taught to use…

— Oscar Wilde

The fact is, the public make use of the classics of a country as a means of checking the progress of Art.…

— Oscar Wilde

When I see a spade, I call it a spade. I'm glad to say I have never seen a spade. The man…

— Oscar Wilde

I am not laughing, Dorian; at least I am not laughing at you. But you should not say the greatest romance of…

— Oscar Wilde

It is quite true that I have worshipped you with far more romance of feeling than a man usually gives to a…

— Oscar Wilde

Yet each man kills the thing he loves, By each let this be heard, Some do it with a bitter look, Some…

— Oscar Wilde

Love does not traffic in a marketplace, nor use a huckster's scales. Its joy, like the joy of the intellect, is to…

— Oscar Wilde

I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to…

— Oscar Wilde

“I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about it's use. It is hitting below…

— Oscar Wilde