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I know not whether Laws be right, Or whether Laws be wrong... All that we know who lie in gaol Is that the wall is strong... And that each day is like a year, A year whose days are long

Oscar Wilde  |  Life


There is no such thing as an omen. Destiny does not send us heralds. She is too wise or too cruel for that.

Oscar Wilde  |  Destiny


Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go

Oscar Wilde  |  Happiness


The old believe everything; the middle-aged suspect everything; the young know everything

Oscar Wilde  |  Awareness


Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

Oscar Wilde  |  Learning


Every great man has his disciples, and it is always Judas who writes the biography

Oscar Wilde  |  Religion


Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.

Oscar Wilde  |  Integrity


The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything. Except what is worth knowing. Journalism, conscious of this, and having tradesman-like habits, supplies their demands.

Oscar Wilde  |  Habits


Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation

Oscar Wilde  |  Awareness


He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realise.

Oscar Wilde  |  Confidence


The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what each of us is here for.

Oscar Wilde  |  Dreams


Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

Oscar Wilde  |  Learning


Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one

Oscar Wilde  |  Friendship


A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies

Oscar Wilde  |  Awareness


One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.

Oscar Wilde  |  Confidence