• Movies
  • TV Shows
  • Books
  • Authors
  • Blog

Oscar Wilde Quotes

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

Source:The Decay of Lying (1889); in Intentions (ed. Methuen & Co., 1911), Page 3
Find more on

Themes

EducationLearningTeaching

Related Quotes

  • Teach thy tongue to say ‘I do not know,’ and thou shalt progress.
  • True teaching cannot be learned from text-books any more than a surgeon can acquire his skill by reading about surgery.
  • Teach your child to hold his tongue, he’l learn fast enough to speak.

Related Authors

James JoyceGeorge Bernard ShawAlfred TennysonWalt WhitmanEdgar Allan PoeLord ByronCharles DickensSamuel BeckettEmily Dickinson
Oscar Wilde Quotes
  • Name: Oscar Wilde
  • Profession: Poet, Playwright
  • Born: October 16, 1854 - November 30, 1900
  • More on:

Top Authors

  • William Shakespeare
  • Terry Pratchett
  • Agatha Christie
  • Honoré de Balzac
  • Benjamin Franklin
  • George Eliot
  • Friedrich Nietzsche
  • Oscar Wilde
  • Bertrand Russell
  • Stephen King
  • About Us
  • Privacy
  • Terms
  • Contact
© 2013-2026 MagicalQuote
  • Movies
  • TV Shows
  • Books
  • Authors
  • Blog