Wisdom Quote by Oscar Wilde — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“The mimicry of passion is the most intolerable of all poses.”

“You are more to me than any of them has any idea; you are the atmosphere of beauty through which I see life; you are the incarnation of all lovely things...I think of you day and night. ~ Letter to Lord Alfred 'Bosie' Douglas”

“All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling. To be natural is to be obvious, and to be obvious is to be inartistic.”

“The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.”

“I am less to you than your ivory Hermes or your silver Faun. You will like them always. How long will you like me? Till I have my first wrinkle, I suppose. I know, now, that when one loses one's good looks, whatever they may be, one loses everything. Your picture has taught me that. Lord Henry Wotton is perfectly right. Youth is the only thing worth having. When I find that I am growing old, I shall kill myself.”

“She lives in the poetry she cannot write.”

“We live in an age of too much information, very little knowledge, and even less wisdom.”

“You can't”

“In what world”

“Despite popular belief to the contrary, there is absolutely no power in intention. The seagull may intend to fly away, may decide to do so, may talk with the other seagulls about how wonderful it is to fly, but until the seagull flaps his wings and takes to the air, he is still on the dock. There’s no difference between that gull and all the others. Likewise, there is no difference in the person who intends to do things differently and the one who never thinks about it in the first place. Have you ever considered how often we judge ourselves by our intentions while we judge others by their actions? Yet intention without action is an insult to those who expect the best from you.”

“I am not one who was born with great wisdom. I love the ancients and diligently seek wisdom among them.”

“Nothing and no one is perfect. It just takes a good eye to find those hidden imperfections.”