I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Principles Quotes, Witty Quotes

Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.

Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.

I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.

I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.

No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.

No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

The world has been made by fools that men should live in it

The world has been made by fools that men should live in it

To get back one's youth one has merely to repeat one's follies

To get back one's youth one has merely to repeat one's follies

There is only one real tragedy in a woman's life. The fact that her past...

There is only one real tragedy in a woman's life. The fact that her past...

He must have a truly romantic nature, for he weeps when there is nothing at...

He must have a truly romantic nature, for he weeps when there is nothing at...

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

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

All art is quite useless.

All art is quite useless.

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is...

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is...

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live...

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live...

It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take...

It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take...

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would...

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would...

It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.

It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.

Charity creates a multitude of sins. Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a...

Charity creates a multitude of sins. Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a...

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

A single conversation across the table with a wise person is worth a month's study...

A single conversation across the table with a wise person is worth a month's study...

Stupid conversations make sense when you are talking to someone special.

Stupid conversations make sense when you are talking to someone special.

I must confess that my imagination refuses to see any sort of submarine doing anything...

I must confess that my imagination refuses to see any sort of submarine doing anything...

Here's how it works: the president makes decisions. He's the decider. The press secretary announces...

Here's how it works: the president makes decisions. He's the decider. The press secretary announces...