Oscar Wilde Quotes About Sarcasm

• Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Life, Happiness

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Family, Sarcastic

  The Importance of Being Earnest act 1 (1895)

• A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Witty, Sarcasm

  'The Critic as Artist' pt. 2 in 'Intentions' (1891)

• Don't give a woman advice; one should never give a woman anything she can't wear in the evening.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Sarcastic, Spiritual

• One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.

  Oscar Wilde

  Love, Funny, Sarcastic

  Oscar Wilde (2004). “The Best of Oscar Wilde: Selected Plays and Writings”, p.144, Penguin

• The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Life, Sarcastic

  Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays”, p.810, GENERAL PRESS

• He has no enemies, but he is intensely disliked by his friends.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Friendship, Sarcastic

  "The Works of Oscar Wilde".

• Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.

  Oscar Wilde

  Sarcasm, Form, Wit

• It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

  Oscar Wilde

  Graduation, Witty, Money

  Oscar Wilde (2016). “Aphorisms”, p.4, Oscar Wilde

• Why was I born with such contemporaries?

  Oscar Wilde

  Sarcastic, Book, Beer

• Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes.

  Oscar Wilde

  Sarcastic, Sex, Women

  Oscar Wilde (2007). “Epigrams of Oscar Wilde”, p.22, Wordsworth Editions

• I never forget a face, but in your case I'll make an exception.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Sarcastic, Witty

• Please do not shoot the pianist. He is doing his best.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Sarcasm, Piano Music

  Impressions of America (1906). The Newark (Ohio) Daily Advocate, 20 Apr. 1883, describes an afterdinner speech made by Wilde in Paris about his experiences in the United States: "The brightest and best of the many stories he related was one to the effect that at a ball in Leadville he saw a notice over the piano which read: 'Please don't shoot the pianist. He is doing his best.' "

• I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, God, Sarcastic

  Oscar Wilde (2012). “Oscar Wilde's Wit and Wisdom: A Book of Quotations”, p.12, Courier Corporation

• The basis of action is lack of imagination. It is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Sarcastic, Dream

  Oscar Wilde (2012). “Epigrams”, p.102, BoD – Books on Demand

• It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Sarcastic, Money

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

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