Oscar Wilde ( 10 of 342 )
Questions are never indiscreet: answers sometimes are
Questions are never indiscreet: answers sometimes are
There is no such thing as a good influence. Because to influence a person is to give him one's own read more
There is no such thing as a good influence. Because to influence a person is to give him one's own soul. He does not think his natural thoughts, or burn with his natural passions. His virtures are not real to him. His sins, if there are such thing as sins, are borrowed. He becomes an echo of someone else's music, an actor of a part that has not been written for him.
The well-bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.
The well-bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.
No crime is vulgar, but all vulgarity is crime
No crime is vulgar, but all vulgarity is crime
You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know.
You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know.
Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.
Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.
Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.
Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.
Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account.
Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account.
Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.
Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.
It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadayssaying things against one, behind one's back, that are absolutely and read more
It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadayssaying things against one, behind one's back, that are absolutely and entirely true.
