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Oscar Wilde: When one pays...

Oscar Wilde: When one pays...

When one pays a visit it is for the purpose of wasting other people's time, not one's own.

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Oscar Wilde: I always pass...

Oscar Wilde: I always pass...

I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to...

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Oscar Wilde: I hate vulgar...

Oscar Wilde: I hate vulgar...

I hate vulgar realism in literature. The man who could call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one. It is the...

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Oscar Wilde: Examinations, sir, are...

Oscar Wilde: Examinations, sir, are...

Examinations, sir, are pure humbug from beginning to end. If a man is a gentleman, he knows quite enough, and if he is...

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Oscar Wilde: Nothing spoils a...

Oscar Wilde: Nothing spoils a...

Nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman.

Source: Lord...

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Oscar Wilde: The intellect is...

Oscar Wilde: The intellect is...

The intellect is not a serious thing, and never has been. It is an instrument on which one plays, that is...

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Oscar Wilde: Nothing makes one...

Oscar Wilde: Nothing makes one...

Nothing makes one so vain as being told that one is a sinner.

Source: Lord Henry,...

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Oscar Wilde: Women love us...

Oscar Wilde: Women love us...

Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive us everything, even our gigantic...

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Oscar Wilde: Questions are never...

Oscar Wilde: Questions are never...

Questions are never indiscreet. Answers sometimes are.

Source: Mrs. Cheveley, in An...

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Oscar Wilde: Romance should never...

Oscar Wilde: Romance should never...

Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a...

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Oscar Wilde: A man who...

Oscar Wilde: A man who...

A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Source: Referring...

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Oscar Wilde: Charity, dear Miss...

Oscar Wilde: Charity, dear Miss...

Charity, dear Miss Prism, charity! None of us are perfect. I myself am peculiarly susceptible to...

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Oscar Wilde: It is confession,...

Oscar Wilde: It is confession,...

It is confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.

Source: The Picture of...

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Oscar Wilde: Most people die...

Oscar Wilde: Most people die...

Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never...

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Oscar Wilde: Everybody who is...

Oscar Wilde: Everybody who is...

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

Source: Vivian, in...

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Benjamin Franklin: He that falls...

Benjamin Franklin: He that falls...

He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals.

Source: In Correct Quotes...

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Benjamin Franklin: Clearly spoken, Mr....

Benjamin Franklin: Clearly spoken, Mr....

Clearly spoken, Mr. Fogg; you explain English by Greek.

Source: In Correct Quotes...

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Jim Rohn: You must take...

Jim Rohn: You must take...

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can...

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Peter Drucker: Institutions mistake good...

Peter Drucker: Institutions mistake good...

Institutions mistake good intentions for objectives. They say health care; that's an intention, not an...

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George Bernard Shaw: Life would be...

George Bernard Shaw: Life would be...

Life would be tolerable but for its amusements.

Source:
-- George Bernard Shaw,...

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