The most powerful quotes by Oscar Wilde

During his long career, the famous 19th century Irish writer Oscar Wilde wrote poems, sketches, epigrams, essays and short stories.

But, regardless of the genre he had chosen, his sense of humor would always shine through the lines he wrote, Telegrafi reports.

Oscar Wilde will always be remembered for his witty and wise views on everything from love and life to art and fashion.

Below, Bright Side brings you some of Oscar Wilde's wisest and most interesting quotes that are still relevant today.

- "I don't want to go to heaven. None of my friends are there"

- "Fashion is a form of ugliness which is so intolerable that we have to change it every 6 months"

- "Don't listen badly, don't speak badly and you won't be invited to cocktail parties"

- "A good friend always sticks the knife in from the front"

- "To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, so"

- "You can never overdo it with good clothes or too much education"

- "We live in an age where unnecessary things are our only needs"

- "The best feeling in the world is to anonymously do a good deed and then someone discovers it"

- "A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing"

- "I have the simplest tastes. I always enjoy the best things"

- "Only two types of people are always fascinating: those who know absolutely everything, and those who know absolutely nothing."

- "They promised that dreams come true, but they forgot to mention the fact that even nightmares are dreams." /Telegraph/