It is very easy to endure the difficulties of one’s enemies. It is the successes of one’s friends that are hard to bear. – Oscar Wilde Attributed
Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend’s success. – Oscar Wilde The Soul of Man Under Socialism
An excellent man: he has no enemies, and none of his friends like him. – Oscar Wilde On George Bernard Shaw
The bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation. – Oscar Wilde De Profundis
Friendship is far more tragic than love. It lasts longer. – Oscar Wilde A Few Maxims for the Instruction of the Over-Educated
Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship. – Oscar Wilde Lady Windermere’s Fan, Lord Darlington, Act 2.
What is the good of friendship if one cannot say exactly what one means Anybody can say charming things and try to please and flatter, but a true friend always says unpleasant things, and does not mind giving pain. – Oscar Wilde The Devoted Friend