Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde is quite the name for quite the poet, playwright and author. Saint Patrick’s Day will be upon us soon. This got me to start thinking about of the literary greats of Ireland. I conclude that Oscar Wilde is my favorite. Some of his greatest works include The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Importance of Being Earnest. His wit and charm is irresistible.
Below are some inspirational quotes from Oscar Wilde:
- “Always forgive your enemies – nothing annoys them so much.”
- “There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.”
- “No man is rich enough to buy back his past.”
- “What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.”
- “I am not young enough to know everything.”
- “I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.”
- “Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.”
- “Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are.”
- “Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.”
- “Who, being loved, is poor?”
- “The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.”
- “Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.”
- “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.”
- “One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.”
- “To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.”
- “It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.”
- “Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.”
- “An excellent man; he has no enemies; and none of his friends like him.”
- “Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.”
- “I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying.”
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