TOP TEN TUESDAY | BEST OSCAR WILDE QUOTES

I have to admit that I’ve never read an Oscar Wilde book. I know the story of The Picture of Dorian Gray and I’ve seen The Importance of Being Earnest, but I’ve never sat down and read his work. Despite that fact, I feel intimately familiar with his wit just through repeated and extensive exposure to quotes. Here are some of my favourites:

I can resist everything except temptation.

The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it.

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

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

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.

A good friend will always stab you in the front.

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

I don’t want to go to heaven. None of my friends are there.

Experiences is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.

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

Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Who, being loved, is poor?

Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.

The world is a stage and the play is badly cast.

I may not agree with you, but I will defend to your death your right to make an ass of yourself.

Indeed I have always been of the opinion that hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing to do.

I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.

Only the shallow know themselves.

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

And with that, I’ll wrap up for this week! What was your spin on this topic this week? Do you have a favourite Oscar Wilde quote? Did any of these jump out at you? I’d love to hear your thoughts!

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly link-up feature created by The Broke and the Bookish and hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. Every week TTT has a different topic, and everyone who links up has to create a link of ten items that fit that topic. To see past and upcoming topics, go here.