--- title: "16 Wilde Said Quotes by 14 authors" description: "Browse 16 Wilde Said quotes by 14 authors. Discover the best Wilde Said sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/150/al-lewis-24877_damn_oscar-wilde-said-the-rich-and-the-poor-a_999375.png" --- > [Oscar Wilde said the rich and the poor are equal - they can both sleep under the bridge. Right? Do they have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-lewis/oscar-wilde-said-the-rich-and-the-poor-are-equal-they-can-both-sleep/) [Al Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/150/al-lewis-24877_damn_oscar-wilde-said-the-rich-and-the-poor-a_999375.png) > [You know what Oscar Wilde said, ma'am? He said, "nothing that is worth knowing can be taught". Nothing personal, ma'am... Carry on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-m-schulz/you-know-what-oscar-wilde-said-ma-am-he-said-nothing-that-is-worth/) [Charles M. Schulz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-m-schulz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85c/charles-m-schulz-951_knowing_you-know-what-oscar-wilde-said-ma-am-he_683353.png) > [“Oscar Wilde said it's never the question that's indiscreet, only the answers.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-evanovich/oscar-wilde-said-it-s-never-the-question-that-s-indiscreet-only-the/) [Janet Evanovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-evanovich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ab/janet-evanovich-291_oscar-wilde_oscar-wilde-said-it-s-never-the-question_1171263.png) > [“Oscar Wilde said: 'Biography lends to death a new terror.' Well, memoir adds that same promise to parenting.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/oscar-wilde-said-biography-lends-to-death-a-new-terror-well-memoir/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d9/anonymous-1_death_oscar-wilde-said-biography-lends-to-deat_2394516.jpg) > [As Oscar Wilde should have said, when bad ideas have nowhere else to go, they emigrate to America and become university courses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederic-raphael/as-oscar-wilde-should-have-said-when-bad-ideas-have-nowhere-else-to/) [Frederic Raphael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederic-raphael/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ed/frederic-raphael-28954_america_as-oscar-wilde-should-have-said-when-bad_774600.png) > [“As Oscar Wilde once said, "To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune. To lose both looks like carelessness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cassandra-clare/as-oscar-wilde-once-said-to-lose-one-parent-may-be-regarded-as-a/) [Cassandra Clare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cassandra-clare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0db/cassandra-clare-9_parenting_as-oscar-wilde-once-said-to-lose-one-par_2969895.jpg) > [The Chinese general Sun Tzu said that all war was based on deception. Oscar Wilde said the same thing of romance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marco-tempest/the-chinese-general-sun-tzu-said-that-all-war-was-based-on-deception/) [Marco Tempest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marco-tempest/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fe/marco-tempest-29927_chinese_the-chinese-general-sun-tzu-said-that-al_478483.png) > [I remember when I posed as a customs officer so that I could meet Oscar Wilde. I said to him "Have you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-munnery/i-remember-when-i-posed-as-a-customs-officer-so-that-i-could-meet/) [Simon Munnery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-munnery/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aff/simon-munnery-30212_customs_i-remember-when-i-posed-as-a-customs-off_3124043.png) > [“The world you see is seen by you alone. What entices you and what repels you, what strengthens you and what weakens…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-buckingham/the-world-you-see-is-seen-by-you-alone-what-entices-you-and-what/) [Marcus Buckingham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-buckingham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dab/marcus-buckingham-3878_perspective_the-world-you-see-is-seen-by-you-alone-w_1041795.png) > [Oscar Wilde said that the gods punish us in two ways: first, they don't give us what we want, then, they do.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/perry-brass/oscar-wilde-said-that-the-gods-punish-us-in-two-ways-first-they-don-t/) [Perry Brass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/perry-brass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6b/perry-brass-15545_cost_oscar-wilde-said-that-the-gods-punish-us_312927.jpg) > [Oscar Wilde once said that to live is the rarest thing in the world, because most people just exist, and that's all.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/oscar-wilde-once-said-that-to-live-is-the-rarest-thing-in-the-world/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bc/anonymous-1_exist_oscar-wilde-once-said-that-to-live-is-th_441265.jpg) > [Dr. Seuss said, 'No one can be you-er than you,' and Oscar Wilde said, 'Be yourself because everyone else is taken.' So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martellus-bennett/dr-seuss-said-no-one-can-be-you-er-than-you-and-oscar-wilde-said-be/) [Martellus Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martellus-bennett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/deb/martellus-bennett-5963_be-yourself_dr-seuss-said-no-one-can-be-you-er-than_1196884.jpg) > [“Oscar Wilde said that if you know what you want to be, then you inevitably become it - that is your punishment,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/oscar-wilde-said-that-if-you-know-what-you-want-to-be-then-you/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd7/stephen-fry-573_crime_oscar-wilde-said-that-if-you-know-what-y_3046155.jpg) > [“- Oscar Wilde said that we always destroy the thing we love the most. And it is true. The simple possibility of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/oscar-wilde-said-that-we-always-destroy-the-thing-we-love-the-most/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93a/paulo-coelho-10_common-man_oscar-wilde-said-that-we-always-destroy_3185944.jpg) > [“The truth of it was, I'd been running the wrong experiment my whole life, and while Cassidy was the first person to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robyn-schneider/the-truth-of-it-was-i-d-been-running-the-wrong-experiment-my-whole/) [Robyn Schneider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robyn-schneider/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/508/robyn-schneider-8121_different-path_the-truth-of-it-was-i-d-been-running-the_1538283.jpg) > [“Oscar Wilde said: 'Each man kills the thing he loves.' And it's true. The mere possibility of getting what we want fills…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/oscar-wilde-said-each-man-kills-the-thing-he-loves-and-it-s-true-the/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b67/paulo-coelho-10_ordinary-person_oscar-wilde-said-each-man-kills-the-thin_2557332.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wilde-said/#itemlist", "name": "Wilde Said Quotes", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Oscar Wilde said the rich and the poor are equal - they can both sleep under the bridge. Right? Do they have a right? 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And I'm a little chameleon, so I can fit in wherever I am.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martellus Bennett" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martellus-bennett/dr-seuss-said-no-one-can-be-you-er-than-you-and-oscar-wilde-said-be/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/deb/martellus-bennett-5963_be-yourself_dr-seuss-said-no-one-can-be-you-er-than_1196884.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/deb/martellus-bennett-5963_be-yourself_dr-seuss-said-no-one-can-be-you-er-than_1196884.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/deb/martellus-bennett-5963_be-yourself_dr-seuss-said-no-one-can-be-you-er-than_1196884.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Dr. Seuss said, 'No one can be you-er than you,' and Oscar Wilde said, 'Be yourself because everyone else is…” — Martellus Bennett", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Oscar Wilde said that if you know what you want to be, then you inevitably become it - that is your punishment, but if you never know, then you can be anything. 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