Oscar Wilde Quotes About Failure

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  Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.

  Oscar Wilde

  Inspirational, Funny, Motivational

  Oscar Wilde (2014). “Epigrams and Aphorisms”, p.14, BoD – Books on Demand
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  What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise

  Oscar Wilde

  Inspirational, Success, Hope

  Oscar Wilde (1984). “The Importance of Being Earnest”, p.41, Dramatic Publishing

• Misfortunes one can endure--they come from outside, they are accidents. But to suffer for one's own faults--ah!--there is the sting of life.

  Oscar Wilde

  Failure, Character, Suffering

  Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde”, p.496, Wordsworth Editions

• Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.

  Oscar Wilde

  Work, Failure, Ambition

  "Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young" (1894)

• Good taste is the excuse I've always given for leading such a bad life

  Oscar Wilde

  Failure, Taste, Excuse

  Oscar Wilde (2012). “Oscar Wilde's Wit and Wisdom: A Book of Quotations”, p.4, Courier Corporation

• We women adore failures. They lean on us.

  Oscar Wilde

  Failure, Adore

  Oscar Wilde (2015). “A Woman of No Importance”, p.21, Oscar Wilde

• Faithfulness is to the emotional life what consistency is to the life of the intellect - simply a confession of failures.

  Oscar Wilde

  Failure, Emotional, Consistency

  Oscar Wilde (2012). “The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde”, p.102, Courier Corporation

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