Oscar Wilde Quotations
This web page brings you a selection of sayings from the man of literature and art. Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde said "Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months." So nothing has changed since his time. The wit Dorothy Parker wrote
If, with the literate, I am
Impelled to try an epigram
I never seek to take the credit
We all assume that Oscar said it
This website is primarily concerned with material for occasions :example birthday, anniversary...Valentines Day etc and so let's start with those examples of Oscar Wilde wisdom suitable for this purpose
Birthday
"A poet can survive everything but a misprint."
Oscar Wilde once did say
Today for you is special
Enjoy your (40th) bathday
Jon Bratton © 2013
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Said Oscar Wilde
"Those whom the gods love grow young."
Today, think of that, you old fart
When "Happy Birthday" is being sung
Jon Bratton © 2013
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"Who, being loved, is poor?"
Said Oscar Wilde, known for his panache
You are loved..therefore, well heeled
So this card contains no cash
Happy Birthday
Jon Bratton © 2013
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"The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything."
Said Oscar Wilde, the brilliant word weaver
I say this, on your (50th) birthday
Congratulations, you're now a believer
Jon Bratton © 2013
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"A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal."
Oscar Wilde said that
As you are now too old to cope with anything bordering on fatal here's just a little sincerity.
Have a reasonably happy birthday
Jon Bratton © 2013
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"A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction."
Said Oscar Wilde, who was gay
There's nothing wrong with some cosmetic help
So put on some slap and have a wonderful day
Jon Bratton © 2013
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Oscar Wilde Quotations re Mothers/Fathers Day
"Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them."
Said Oscar Wilde, believing it true
Happy (Mothers)(Fathers) Day is what I say
He didn't have a wonderful (Mom)(Dad) like you
Jon Bratton © 2013
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Wedding Anniversary / Valentines Day / Love
"Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same."
Said Oscar Wilde ..but he never said "I do"
I did, and very glad I did
While standing next to you
Happy Anniversary, Darling
Jon Bratton © 2013
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"Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a man's last romance."
Said Oscar Wilde, with a hint of fun
After (25) years, with you by my side
He was right, you're my last, I'm done
I'm no poet, but my heart's in the right place
Happy Silver, darling. Roll on Gold
Jon Bratton © 2013
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"There is nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman.
It is a thing no married man knows anything about."
Said Oscar Wilde
Well, this man does, without doubt
Happy Anniversary, darling
Jon Bratton © 2013
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"Woman begins by resisting a man's advances
And ends by blocking his retreat."
How did Oscar Wilde know?
Did he live on our street
I'm glad you resisted
And glad you blocked
Happy Silver, darling. Roll on Gold
Jon Bratton © 2013
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"Most modern calendars mar the sweet simplicity of our lives
By reminding us that each day that passes by
Is the anniversary of some perfectly uninteresting event."
Ignore Oscar Wilde, darling, he's telling a lie
Happy (16th) Wedding Anniversary
Jon Bratton © 2013
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"A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her."
Said Oscar Wilde, unmarried and gay
I'm happy and I love you
And will forever and a day
Jon Bratton © 2013
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"Anybody can be good in the country.
There are no temptations there."
Oscar Wilde didn't meet you
You tempt me everywhere
(Have a wonderful birthday)
(You're still my Valentine)
(Be my Valentine)
(etc)
Jon Bratton © 2013
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"One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards."
Oscar Wilde, wisely, did say
I agree, and will be dealt a winning hand
When I hold yours on our Wedding Day
or, for Anniversary
I agree, and was dealt a winning hand
When I held yours on our Wedding Day
Jon Bratton © 2013
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"Men marry because they are tired;
Women, because they are curious;
Both are disappointed."
An Oscar Wilde observation, quite spurious
Anyway, I'm glad we married for love
Happy Anniversary, darling
Jon Bratton © 2013
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"If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life."
Oscar Wilde said that, but to who?
I say " Oh do hurry along, dear
For I really do love you"
Happy Valentines Day
Jon Bratton © 2013
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"The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life."
Said Oscar Wilde, intellectual, gay and posh
Says I, hetrosexual and in love
"He was talking tosh"
Jon Bratton © 2013
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Divorce
"Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live,
it is asking others to live as one wishes to live."
Said Oscar Wilde, a great literary force
I offer you this piece of philosophy
As congratulations on your recent divorce
Jon Bratton © 2013
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"Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence."
Says Oscar Wilde, who added
"Second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience"
So stay single
Jon Bratton © 2013
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"The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception
absolutely necessary for both parties."
Said Oscar Wilde
Congrats on your Decree Nisi, and talking about parties......
Jon Bratton © 2013
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"How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralising as cigarettes,
and far more expensive."
Oscar Wilde
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"There is nothing so difficult to marry as a large nose."
Said Oscar Wilde, of course
Your ex had one
Congrats on your divorce
Jon Bratton © 2013
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"In married life three is company and two none."
Said Oscar Wilde, so true
Now you can have any company you like
You lucky singleton, you
Congrats on your divorce
Jon Bratton © 2013
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Oscar Wilde said "Some cause happiness
wherever they go; others, whenever they go."
You ex has gone
Good Show!
Jon Bratton © 2013
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"One should always be in love; that is the reason one should never marry."
Said Oscar Wilde, "it's not for me"
Congrats on completing your divorce
Now you're totally free
Jon Bratton © 2013
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"A man who desires to get married should know either everything or nothing."
Said Oscar Wilde, "it's not for me"
Congrats on completing your divorce
Now you're totally free
Jon Bratton © 2013
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Here are more Oscar Wilde quotations
I never put off till tomorrow what I can do the day after.
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Alas, I am dying beyond my means.
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Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
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Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.
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A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
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We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
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The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
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more Oscar Wilde quotations
The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.
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Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.
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Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
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The cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
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I want my food dead. Not sick, not dying, dead.
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Work is the curse of the drinking classes.
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The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.
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In examinations the foolish ask questions that the wise cannot answer.
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That's yer lot of Oscar Wilde quotations
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