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- In the world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.
- Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), Lady Windermere's Fan, 1892, Act III
- To be natural is such a very difficult pose to keep up.
- Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), "An Ideal Husband"
- Only the shallow know themselves.
- Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
- Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.
- Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
- I am not young enough to know everything.
- Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
- Beauty is a form of genius--is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs no explanation. It is of the great facts in the world like sunlight, or springtime, or the reflection in dark water of that silver shell we call the moon.
- Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
- Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.
- Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
- Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
- Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Critic as Artist
- We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
- Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
- While one should always study the method of a great artist, one should never imitate his manner. The manner of an artist is essentially individual, the method of an artist is absolutely universal. The first is personality, which no one should copy; the second is perfection, which all should aim at.
- Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
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