Darkly Comical Quotes

Oscar Wilde 10/16/1854 – 11/30/1900

Born Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde

Playwright, Novelist, Poet, Editor

Quotes:

Pessimist: one who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both. – Oscar Wilde

Always forgive your enemies – nothing annoys them so much. – Oscar Wilde

Missionaries, my dear! Don’t you realize that missionaries are the divinely provided food for destitute and underfed cannibals? Whenever they are on the brink of starvation, Heaven in its infinite mercy sends them a nice plump missionary. - Oscar Wilde

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess. – Oscar Wilde

One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age. A woman, who would tell one that, would tell one anything. – Oscar Wilde

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood. – Oscar Wilde

The public has an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing. – Oscar Wilde

Life is never fair. And perhaps it is good for most of us that it is not. – Oscar Wilde