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Monday, November 30, 1998 Published at 11:20 GMT

The wit and wisdom of Oscar Wilde

The memorial: Wilde remembered

As a memorial is at long last unveiled in memory of the poet and playwright, News Online presents a selection of his most famous sayings.

"There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about"
"Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them. Rarely, if ever, do they forgive them"
"Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had merely been detected"
"In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane"
"The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one"
"Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much"
"In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it"
"Friendship is much more tragic than love. It lasts longer" "The truth is rarely pure and never simple"
"Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same"
"One should always be in love. This is the reason one should never marry"
"What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing"
"The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it"
"I have nothing to declare but my genius"
"There is no sin except stupidity"