Oscar Wilde Quotes

America had often been discovered before Columbus, but it had always been hushed up.

Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.

To disagree with three-fourths of the British public is one of the first requisites of sanity.

Marriage is the one subject on which all women agree and all men disagree.

I may have said the same thing before… But my explanation, I am sure, will always be different.

I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in a train.

We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell.

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

In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.

To regret one’s experiences is to arrest one’s own development. To deny one’s own experiences is to put a lie into the lips of one’s life. It is no less than a denial of the soul.