Oscar Wilde Quotes About Old Age

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  The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Happy Birthday, Growing Up

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

• The tragedy of growing old is not that one is old but that one is young.

  Oscar Wilde

  Time, Humor, Tragedy

• No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.

  Oscar Wilde

  Birthday, Witty, Time

  Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays”, p.1389, GENERAL PRESS

• 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

• The gods bestowed on Max [Beerbohm] the gift of perpetual old age.

  Oscar Wilde

  Art, Age, Max

  Oscar Wilde (2007). “Epigrams of Oscar Wilde”, p.43, Wordsworth Editions

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