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Quotes from Oscar Wilde

Man can believe the impossible, but man can never believe the improbable.
- Oscar Wilde
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
- Oscar Wilde
The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what each of us is here for.
- Oscar Wilde
The English public takes no interest in a work of art until it is told that the work in question is immoral.
- Oscar Wilde
The true craftsman has a light in his eye that Money can't buy Hal Stebbins I read this once when I was Writing a children's story; a time when inspiration had struck...At that time I knew just what he meant...It was so true. Shirley Briggs
- Oscar Wilde
A good friend will always stab you in the front.
- Oscar Wilde
Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.
- Oscar Wilde
Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.
- Oscar Wilde
A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.
- Oscar Wilde
Hearts are made to be broken.
- Oscar Wilde
You don't love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear.
- Oscar Wilde
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
- Oscar Wilde