Seriousness is the last refuge of the shallow.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Humor Quotes, Seriousness Quotes

It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances

It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend...

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend...

In examinations, the foolish ask questions the wise cannot answer.

In examinations, the foolish ask questions the wise cannot answer.

Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless,...

Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless,...

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

All art is quite useless.

All art is quite useless.

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

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

Authority is quite degrading

Authority is quite degrading

Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a...

Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a...

There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel that no one...

There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel that no one...

Anybody can be good in the country

Anybody can be good in the country

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive.

How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive.

My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's.

My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's.

In examinations, the foolish ask questions the wise cannot answer.

In examinations, the foolish ask questions the wise cannot answer.

Friendship is far more tragic than love, it lasts longer.

Friendship is far more tragic than love, it lasts longer.

All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art...

All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art...

The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.

The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.

Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies;...

Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies;...

Determine the thing that can and shall be done, and then we shall find the...

Determine the thing that can and shall be done, and then we shall find the...