Oscar Wilde Quotes About Logic

• It is so easy to convince others; it is so difficult to convince oneself.

  Oscar Wilde

  Logic, Easy, Difficult

• What a silly thing love is! It is not half as useful as logic, for it does not prove anything and it is always telling one things that are not going to happen, and making one believe things that are not true.

  Oscar Wilde

  Believe, Silly, Love Is

  Oscar Wilde (2007). “Epigrams of Oscar Wilde”, p.104, Wordsworth Editions

• What a silly thing love is!' said the student as he walked away. 'It is not half as useful as logic, for it does not prove anything, and it is always telling one of things that are not going to happen, and making one believe things that are not true. In fact, it is quite unpractical, and, as in this age to be practical is everything, I shall go back to philosophy and study metaphysics.' So he returned to his room and pulled out a great dusty book, and began to read.

  Oscar Wilde

  Philosophy, Believe, Silly

  Oscar Wilde (2016). “Best of Oscar Wilde”, p.164, Jaico Publishing House

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