Quotes by Oscar Wilde
Explore 8 approved quotes attributed to Oscar Wilde.
About Oscar Wilde

Irish writer · 1854 – 1900
Known for: The Importance of Being Earnest, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Canterville Ghost
“Who, being loved, is poor?”
— Oscar WildeLove quotes“Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and a richness to life that nothing else can bring.”
— Oscar WildeLove quotes“A good friend will always stab you in the front.”
— Oscar WildeBest Friend quotes“I can be perfectly happy by myself. With freedom, flowers, books, and the moon, who could not be perfectly happy?”
— Oscar WildeBooks & Reading quotes“There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.”
— Oscar WildeBooks & Reading quotes“I can resist everything except temptation.”
— Oscar WildeLiterary Quote quotes“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
— Oscar WildeLiterary Quote quotes“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
— Oscar WildeSaying quotes