Aphorisms Galore!

Oscar Wilde

Irish poet, novelist and playwright; b. 1854; d. 1900

Aphorisms Attributed to This Aphorist

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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.

Oscar Wilde, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance

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In life, we are all in the gutter. Some of us just tend to look up at the stars.

Oscar Wilde, in Happiness and Misery