Oscar Wilde Difference Quotations

The only difference between saints and sinners is that every saint has a past while every sinner has a future.

One should never listen. To listen is a sign of indifference to one's hearers.

The Lord's Prayer is 66 words, the Gettysburg Address is 286 words, there are 1.322 words in the Declaration of Independence, but government regulations on the sale of cabbage total 26.911 words. The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read.

My dear Arthur, I never talk scandal. I only talk gossip. What is the difference between scandal and gossip? Oh! Gossip is charming! History is merely gossip. But scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.

The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read.

A glass of absinthe is as poetical as anything in the world. What difference is there between a glass of absinthe and a sunset?

Those who see any difference between soul and body have neither

If it took Labouchere three columns to prove that I was forgotten, then there is no difference between fame and obscurity.

The only difference between a caprice and a life-long passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.

Each time that one loves is the only time one has ever loved. Difference of object does not alter singleness of passion. It merely intensifies it. We can have but one great experience at best, and the secret of life is to reproduce that experience as often as possible. The Picture of Dorian Gray

I didn't say I liked it Harry. I said it fascinated me. There is a great difference.

Always! That is a dreadful word. It makes me shudder when I hear it. Women are so fond of using it. They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever. It is a meaningless word, too. The only difference between a caprice and a life-long passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.

Men know life too early. Women know life too late. That is the difference between men and women.

The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.