Witty and funny quotes by Oscar Wilde

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

The play was a great success, but the audience was a total failure.

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

WILDE: I shall always regard you as the best critic of my plays. TREE: But I have never criticized your plays. WILDE: That’s why.

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

During an examination at Oxford, Wilde was required to translate a passage from the Greek version of the New Testament. Having acquitted himself well, he was stopped, to which he replied: “Oh, do let me go on, I want to see how it ends.”

One must have a heart of stone to read the death of little Nell without laughing.

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

There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.

I have nothing to declare except my genius.