Quotes by Oscar Wilde

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.

Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.

I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.

The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.

It is only by not paying one’s bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

Some cause happiness wherever they go others whenever they go.

Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great deal of harm.

The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a great deal too much for it.