Oscar Wilde Quotes About Wisdom

• In examinations the foolish ask questions that the wise cannot answer.

  Oscar Wilde

  Wise, Wisdom, Answers

  Epigrams: Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young Phrases and Philosophies

• If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Wisdom, Witty

  Oscar Wilde “The Picture of Dorian Gray - and more”, Eighty Pence Books

• What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

  Oscar Wilde

  Inspirational, Funny, Leadership

  'Lady Windermere's Fan' (1892) act 3

• It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.

  Oscar Wilde

  Wisdom, Book, Reading

• The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.

  Oscar Wilde

  Wisdom, Knowing, People

  "The Soul of Man Under Socialism" (1891)

• A good friend will always stab you in the front.

  Oscar Wilde

  Best Friend, Friendship, Wisdom

• Wisdom comes with winters

  Oscar Wilde

  Life, Wisdom, Winter

  Oscar Wilde (2008). “A Selection: Easyread Super Large 20pt Edition”, p.227, ReadHowYouWant.com

• The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

  Oscar Wilde

  Love, Inspirational, Positive

  The Importance of Being Earnest act 1 (1895)

• The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.

  Oscar Wilde

  Wise, Wisdom, Yoga

  Oscar Wilde, Isobel Murray (2000). “Oscar Wilde - The Major Works”, p.572, Oxford Paperbacks

• We teach people how to remember, we never teach them how to grow.

  Oscar Wilde

  Wisdom, Fun, People

  Oscar Wilde “The Picture of Dorian Gray - and more”, Eighty Pence Books

• Only the shallow know themselves.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Life, Sarcastic

  Oscar Wilde, Alvin Redman (1959). “The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde”, p.209, Courier Corporation

• There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Wisdom, Selfish People

  Oscar Wilde (2015). “The Picture of Dorian Gray”, p.61, First Avenue Editions

• A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

  Oscar Wilde

  Inspirational, Funny, Sarcastic

  The Picture of Dorian Gray ch. 1 (1891)

• The answers are all out there, we just need to ask the right questions.

  Oscar Wilde

  Wisdom, Needs, Answers

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