Oscar Wilde quotes and words of wisdom

"I can resist everything except temptation."
Found in the topic Temptation.

"Some people cause happiness wherever they go. Some people cause happiness whenever they go."
Found in the topic Happiness.

"A man who does not think for himself does not think at all."
Found in the topic Conceit.

"A man can"t be too careful in the choice of his enemies."
Found in the topic Enemy.

"It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating."
Found in the topic Income.

"I am not young enough to know everything. [see J. M. Barrie]"
Found in the topic Age.

"In this world there are only two tragedies: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it."
Found in the topic Tragedy.

"Cecil Graham: What is a cynic? Lord Darlington: A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing."
Found in the topic Cynic.

"Music makes one feel so romantic ? at least it always gets on one"s nerves ? which is the same thing nowadays."
Found in the topic Music.

"It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors."
Found in the topic Art.

"Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do."
Found in the topic Work.

"Experience is the name everyone gives to his mistakes."
Found in the topic Experience.

"Argument are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing."
Found in the topic Argument.

"The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read."
Found in the topic Journalism.

"The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything. Except what is worth knowing. Journalism, conscious of this, and having tradesman-like habits, supplies their demands."
Found in the topic Curiosity.

"One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation."
Found in the topic Reputation.

"The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or near relation."
Found in the topic Piano.

"The true perfection of man lies not in what man has, but in what man is."
Found in the topic Love.

"The longer I live the more keenly I feel that whatever was good enough for our fathers is not good enough for us."
Found in the topic Life.

"I can sympathize with everything, except suffering."
Found in the topic Unsorted.

Interesting Quotes

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.W. Somerset Maugham - English dramatist & novelist (1874 - 1965)

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.Ernest Hemingway - US author & journalist (1899 - 1961)