- "Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell the truth."
- "I can resist everything except temptation."
- "A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction."
- "True friends stab you in the front."
- "Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much."
- "Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination."
- "Everything in moderation, including moderation."
- "Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known."
- "You don't love someone for their looks, or their clothes or their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear."
- "I am not young enough to know everything."
- "The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future."
- "I have the simplest of tastes. I am always satisfied with the best."
- "I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying."
- "To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance."
- "Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."
- "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about."
- "To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all."
- "I can never travel without my diary, one should always have something sensational to read on the train."
- "You can never be overdressed or overeducated."
- "The truth is rarely pure and never simple."
The Best Oscar Wilde Quotes
In honor of his 163rd birthday, we take a look back at 20 of Irish literary genuis' most memorable quotes.
By Micaela English and Katie Robinson
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