Philosophy, Quotes

Oscar Wilde Quotes

“The final mystery is oneself. When one has weighed the sun in the balance, and measured the steps of the moon, and mapped out the seven heavens star by star, there still remains oneself. Who can calculate the orbit of his own soul?” (Oscar Wilde)

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” (Oscar Wilde)

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” (Oscar Wilde)

“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.” (Oscar Wilde)

“Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.” (Oscar Wilde)

“Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.” (Oscar Wilde)

“Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no tomorrow. To forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace.”  (Oscar Wilde)

“Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.” (Oscar Wilde)