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

“I have been right, Basil, haven’t I, to take my love out of poetry, and to find my wife in Shakespeare’s plays? Lips that Shakespeare taught to speak have whispered their secret in my ear. I have had the arms of Rosalind around me, and kissed Juliet on the mouth.”

“I made art a philosophy, and philosophy an art: I altered the minds of men, and the colour of things: I awoke the imagination of my century so that it created myth and legend around me: I summed up all things in a phrase, all existence in an epigram: whatever I touched I made beautiful”

“She lives in the poetry she cannot write.”

“LORD ILLINGWORTH: The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life.”

“Well, the way of paradoxes is the way of truth. To test reality we must see it on the tight rope. When the verities become acrobats, we can judge them.”

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

“Ordinary people merely think how they shall 'spend' their time; a man of talent tries to 'use' it.”

“I do not know everything; still many things I understand.”

“Be yourself. Trust that your people will find you.”

“It has taken me my whole life to discover that”

“Si quelques heures font une grande différence dans le cœur de l’homme, faut-il s’en étonner ? Il n’y a qu’une minute de la vie à la mort.”

“Life’s tough. It’s a challenge. So think of love as your hard earned reward. Don’t let doubt take that away from you.”