Alcohol Quotes
Hear no evil, speak no evil, and you won’t be invited to cocktail parties.
"Hear no evil, speak no evil, and you won’t be invited to cocktail parties."— Oscar Wilde
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Meaning of this quote
The joke suggests that gossip and scandal help some social gatherings function. Its humour exposes a preference for entertaining indiscretion rather than recommending malicious conversation.
Key takeaway:
Notice when social amusement depends on speaking unkindly about others.
Origin of the quote
A modern cocktail-party epigram repeatedly credited to Wilde, including in contemporary publishing copy. No original Wilde work or contemporary account was established.
Who actually said this?
Commonly attributedThe publisher's page demonstrates reuse of the attribution, not its authenticity. It supplies no original book, letter, or dated conversation by Wilde.
