Oscar Wilde Quotes About Opinions

• Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.

  Oscar Wilde

  Being Yourself, Love Yourself, Taken

  Letter to Alfred Douglas, Jan. - Mar. 1897

• Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everybody in good society holds exactly the same opinions.

  Oscar Wilde

  Sarcastic, Political, Opinion

  "Stories for Young People".

• By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, journalism keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Sarcastic, Ignorance

  Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays”, p.697, GENERAL PRESS

• Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived.

  Oscar Wilde

  Faith, Atheist, Religion

  Oscar Wilde (2012). “Epigrams”, p.99, BoD – Books on Demand

• It's tragic how few people ever 'possess their souls' before they die. 'Nothing is more rare in any man', says Emerson, 'than an act of his own.' It is quite true. Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their life is a mimicry, their passions a quotation.

  Oscar Wilde

  Passion, Men, People

  Oscar Wilde (1977). “The illustrated Oscar Wilde”

• Indeed I have always been of the opinion that hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing to do.

  Oscar Wilde

  Hard Work, People, Opinion

  Oscar Wilde (2008). “Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde”, p.50, Penguin

• No work of art ever puts forward views. Views belong to people who are not artists.

  Oscar Wilde

  Art, Views, People

  Oscar Wilde (1969). “The Artist as Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde”, p.438, University of Chicago Press

• It is only about things that do not interest one that one can give a really unbiased opinion, which is no doubt the reason why an unbiased opinion is always absolutely valueless.

  Oscar Wilde

  Giving, Doubt, Unbiased

  Oscar Wilde (2000). “Oscar Wilde - The Major Works”, p.284, OUP Oxford

• Public Opinion... an attempt to organize the ignorance of the community, and to elevate it to the dignity of physical force.

  Oscar Wilde

  Ignorance, Community, Public Opinion

  Oscar Wilde (2012). “The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde”, p.118, Courier Corporation

• I have always been of opinion that a man who desires to get married should know either everything or nothing.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Husband, Men

  Oscar Wilde (2016). “The Importance of Being Earnest: Revised Edition”, p.26, Bloomsbury Publishing

• Bunbury? Oh, he was quite exploded. Exploded! Was he the victim of a revolutionary outrage? I was not aware that Mr. Bunbury was interested in social legislation. If so, he is well punished for his morbidity. My dear Aunt Augusta, I mean he was found out! The doctors found out that Bunbury could not , that is what I mean—so Bunbury died. He seems to have had great confidence in the opinion of his physicians.

  Oscar Wilde

  Mean, Aunt, Doctors

• All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril. Those who read the symbol do so at their peril. It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors. Diversity of opinion about a work of art shows that the work is new, complex, and vital. When critics disagree, the artist is in accord with himself.

  Oscar Wilde

  Art, Mirrors, Diversity

  Oscar Wilde (2015). “The Picture of Dorian Gray”, p.6, First Avenue Editions

• There is much to be said in favor of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community. By carefully chronicling the current events of contemporary life, it shows us of what very little importance such events really are. By invariably discussing the unnecessary, it makes us understand what things are requisite for culture, and what are not.

  Oscar Wilde

  Ignorance, Modern Journalism, Giving

  Oscar Wilde (1969). “The Artist as Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde”, p.393, University of Chicago Press

• Society, civilized society at least, is never very ready to believe anything to the detriment of those who are both rich and fascinating. It feels instinctively that manners are of more importance than morals, and, in its opinion, the highest respectability is of much less value than the possession of a good chef.

  Oscar Wilde

  Believe, Opinion, Moral

  Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Picture of Dorian Gray and Three Stories”, p.141, Penguin

• We in the House of Lords are never in touch with public opinion. That makes us a civilised body.

  Oscar Wilde

  House, Body, Public Opinion

  Oscar Wilde (1997). “Collected Works of Oscar Wilde: The Plays, the Poems, the Stories and the Essays Including De Profundis”, p.543, Wordsworth Editions

• Diversity of opinion about a work of art shows that the work
  is new, complex, and vital.

  Oscar Wilde

  Art, Diversity, Opinion

  Oscar Wilde (2005). “Picture of Dorian Gray”, p.8, Prestwick House Inc

• No publisher should ever express an opinion on the value of what he publishes. That is a matter entirely for the literary critic to decide. I can quite understand how any ordinary critic would be strongly prejudiced against a work that was accompanied by a premature and unnecessary panegyric from the publisher. A publisher is simply a useful middle-man. It is not for him to anticipate the verdict of criticism.

  Oscar Wilde

  Book, Men, Criticism

• A man who does not think for himself does not think at all. It is grossly selfish to require of one's neighbour that he should think in the same way, and hold the same opinions. Why should he? If he can think, he will probably think differently. If he cannot think, it is monstrous to require thought of any kind from him.

  Oscar Wilde

  Selfish, Men, Thinking

  Oscar Wilde (1969). “The Artist as Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde”, p.285, University of Chicago Press

• It is chiefly, I regret to say, through journalism that such people find expression. I regret it because there is much to be said in favour of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.

  Oscar Wilde

  Regret, Ignorance, Modern Journalism

  Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde”, p.1005, Wordsworth Editions

• No publisher should ever express an opinion of the value of what he publishes. That is a matter entirely for the literary critic to decide.

  Oscar Wilde

  Matter, Opinion, Should

  Letter in 'St James's Gazette' 28 June 1890

• An opinion is not necesarily correct just because you're willing to die for it.

  Oscar Wilde

  Opinion, Willing, Willing To Die

• Public opinion exists only where there are no ideas.

  Oscar Wilde

  Ideas, Public Opinion, Opinion

  Oscar Wilde (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Oscar Wilde (Illustrated)”, p.1670, Delphi Classics

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