Oscar Wilde Quotes

Men become old, but they never become good.

In America, the young are always ready to give to those older than themselves the full benefit of their inexperience.

Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless, and cannot.

No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.

Thirty-five is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the very highest birth who have, of their own free choice, remained thirty-five for years.

Lady Dumbleton is an instance in point. To my own knowledge, she has been thirty-five ever since she arrived at the age of forty, which was many years ago now.

I am not young enough to know everything.

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

Don’t give a woman advice: one should never give a woman anything she can’t wear in the evening.

The only thing to do with good advice is pass it on. It is never any use to oneself.