The past is of no importance. The present is of no importance. It is with the future that we have to deal. For the past is what man should not have been. The present is what man ought not to…

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Future Quotes, Past Quotes, The Present Quotes

Who, being loved, is poor?

Who, being loved, is poor?

If one plays good music, people don't listen and if one plays bad music people...

If one plays good music, people don't listen and if one plays bad music people...

I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take...

I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take...

I like men who have a future and women who have a past

I like men who have a future and women who have a past

And now, I am dying beyond my means.

And now, I am dying beyond my means.

The aim of love is to love: no more, and no less.

The aim of love is to love: no more, and no less.

Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.

Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.

Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious.

Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious.

Men become old, but they never become good

Men become old, but they never become good

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs for ever and ever

In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs for ever and ever

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my...

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my...

It was only a sunny smile and little it cost in the giving but like...

It was only a sunny smile and little it cost in the giving but like...

The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.

The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.

There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is...

There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is...

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that...

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that...

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

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

Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is...

Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is...

The world is divided into two classes, those who believe the incredible, and those who...

The world is divided into two classes, those who believe the incredible, and those who...

Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot...

Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot...