Top Ten Oscar Wilde Quotes
5 Jun 2026
Oscar Wilde is well-known for his elegant turn of phrase and is one of literature's greatest wordsmiths.
Here are some of our favourite Oscar Wilde quotes on life and love, in celebration of the arrival of An Ideal Husband this month.
"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."
"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go."
"Be yourself, everyone else is taken."
"I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed man."
"Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much."
"Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won't expect it back."
"To give and not expect return, that is what lies and the heart of love."
"I never put off till tomorrow what I can do the day after."
