I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Funny Quotes, Genius Quotes, Writing Quotes

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there.

Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there.

I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take...

I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take...

Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no...

Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no...

You are beautiful when you are happy.

You are beautiful when you are happy.

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you...

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you...

So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is...

So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is...

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

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

Those whom the gods love grow young.

Those whom the gods love grow young.

The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything: the young know everything.

The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything: the young know everything.

There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with...

There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with...

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far...

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far...

Friendship is far more tragic than love, it lasts longer.

Friendship is far more tragic than love, it lasts longer.

Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive...

Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive...

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than...

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than...

How else but through a broken heart may Lord Christ enter in?

How else but through a broken heart may Lord Christ enter in?

The face of the enemy frightens me only when I see how much it resembles...

The face of the enemy frightens me only when I see how much it resembles...

When I was young, I thought that money was the most important thing in life;...

When I was young, I thought that money was the most important thing in life;...

Never let them see you in public after you've turned thirty-five. You're finished if you...

Never let them see you in public after you've turned thirty-five. You're finished if you...

Old age adds to the respect due to virtue, but it takes nothing from the...

Old age adds to the respect due to virtue, but it takes nothing from the...