Oscar Wilde ( 10 of 342 )
Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.
Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.
One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one
One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one
Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.
Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.
The longer I live, the more keenly I feel that whatever was good enough for our fathers is not good read more
The longer I live, the more keenly I feel that whatever was good enough for our fathers is not good enough for us.
I can resist anything except temptation.
I can resist anything except temptation.
I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about.
I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about.
There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with the colour, the beauty, the read more
There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with the colour, the beauty, the joy of life. The less said about life's sores the better.
Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go
Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go
Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.
Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.
Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.
Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.