Age Quotes
I am not young enough to know everything.
"I am not young enough to know everything."— Oscar Wilde
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Meaning of this quote
The joke reverses the assumption that age brings total certainty: a little experience can reveal how much remains unknown. In the play, the speaker's eagerness to display an epigram also adds a comic layer.
Key takeaway:
Let experience make you more aware of the limits of your knowledge.
Origin of the quote
J. M. Barrie's The Admirable Crichton, Act I, spoken by Ernest; first staged in 1902 and present in the published script by 1918.
Who actually said this?
Likely misattributedQuote Investigator identifies Barrie's script and finds no substantive evidence for Wilde. The uploaded sentence expands the contraction in Barrie's line; the underlying attribution should be corrected.
