Oscar Wilde Quotes About Luck

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  It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.

  Oscar Wilde

  People, Luck, Enemy

  LadyWindermere's Fan act 1 (1892)

• Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of others.

  Oscar Wilde

  People, Evil, Luck

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

• Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

  Oscar Wilde

  Money, Clever, Stupid

  Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Joseph Bristow, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: The picture of Dorian Gray : the 1890 and 1891 texts”, p.51, Oxford University Press on Demand

• When a woman marries again, it is because she detested her first husband. When a man marries again, it is because he adored his first wife. Women try their luck; men risk theirs.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Husband, Women

  The Picture of Dorian Gray ch. 15 (1891)

• In matters of grave importance, style, not sincerity, is the vital thing.

  Oscar Wilde

  Luck, Style, Matter

  Oscar Wilde (2016). “Aphorisms”, p.14, Oscar Wilde

• One should never make one's entrance with a scandal. One should reserve that to give an interest to one's old age.

  Oscar Wilde

  Giving, Luck, Age

• Never buy anything simply because it is expensive.

  Oscar Wilde

  Luck, Expensive

• I am afraid he has one of those terribly weak natures that are susceptible to influence.

  Oscar Wilde

  Luck, Influence, Weak

• The General was essentially a man of peace, except in his domestic life.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny Relationship, Men, Luck

  Oscar Wilde, Peter Raby (2008). “The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays: Lady Windermere's Fan; Salome; A Woman of No Importance; An Ideal Husband; The Importance of Being Earnest”, p.306, Oxford Paperbacks

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