Oscar Wilde Quotes About Animals

• Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.

  Oscar Wilde

  Humorous, Animal, Men

  Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays”, p.819, GENERAL PRESS

• I wonder who it was defined man as a rational animal. It was the most premature definition ever given. Man is many things, but he is not rational.

  Oscar Wilde

  Animal, Men, Definitions

  The Picture of Dorian Gray ch. 2 (1891)

• There is no mode of action, no form of emotion, that we do not share with the lower animals. It is only by language that we rise above them.

  Oscar Wilde

  Animal, Action, Emotion

  Oscar Wilde (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Oscar Wilde (Illustrated)”, p.1466, Delphi Classics

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