Monday, 8 December 2025

SOME QUOTES OF OSCAR WILDE

 

          SOME QUOTES OF OSCAR WILDE

            Oscar Wilde , whose full name was Oscar Fingal O’Ffllahertie Wills Wilde, was an Irish author, poet, playwright and wit.

            He was born on 16 October 1854 in Dublin , Ireland, and passed away  in Paris, France,  on 30 November 1900.    

            He gained huge literary fame due to his works like The Importance of Being Earnest, The Picture of Dorian Gray, An Ideal Husband, and Lady Windermere’s Fan . His style which was full of epigrams also added to his vast popularity. A book carrying  his great many quotations is also included in his literary works.

            Quotes are short, memorable phrases from speeches, prose, poetry, history. fiction,  philosophy, folk tales, or religious scriptures.

            Given below are some famous quotes mostly of Oscar Wilde:

1.     To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

2.     There are no mistakes in life, only lessons,

3.     From struggle comes strength . Even pain can be a wonderful teacher.

4.     Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear

5.     The unexamined life is not worth living.

6.     You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.

7.     Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eight. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind yong.

8.     Confine yourself to the present.

9.     It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.

10.                        In the world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.

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G.R.Kanwal

 

8th December 2025.           

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