Oscar Wilde Things Quotations

There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.

It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.

Out of the sea will rise Behemoth and Leviathan, and sail 'round the high-pooped galleys... Dragons will wander about the waste places, and the phoenix will soar from her nest of fire into the air. We shall lay our hands upon the basilisk, and see the jewel in the toad's head. Champing his gilded oats, the Hippogriff will stand in our stalls, and over our heads will float the Blue Bird singing of beautiful and impossible things, of things that are lovely and that never happen, of things that are not and that should be.

The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely. All art is quite useless.

It is only the sacred things that are worth touching

Be moderate in all things, including moderation.

To make men Socialists is nothing, but to make Socialism human is a great thing.

It is a very dangerous thing to know one’s friends.

Ah, on what little things does happiness depend.

Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope. They are the elect to whom beautiful things mean only beauty.

The worst thing to do with success, is to boast about it.

What is abnormal in Life stands in normal relations to Art. It is the only thing in Life that stands in normal relations to Art.

Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious.

I have found that all ugly things are made by those who strive to make something beautiful, and that all beautiful things are made by those who strive to make something useful.