Oscar Wilde Life Quotes

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What did Oscar Wilde say about Life?

Oscar Wilde has written many quotes about Life. E.g.,

  • Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.
  • There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with the colour, the beauty, the joy of life. The less said about life's sores the better.
  • Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life.

What are the top most famous Life quotes by Oscar Wilde?

Here are the top most famous quotes about Life by Oscar Wilde.

  • Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.
  • There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with the colour, the beauty, the joy of life. The less said about life's sores the better.
  • Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life.
  • Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not.
  • In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin.
  • Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.
  • Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.
  • When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life now that I am old I know that it is.
  • There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
  • There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.