Thinking is the most unhealthy thing in the world, and people die of it just as they die of any other disease. Fortunately, in England at any rate, thought is not catching. Our splendid physique as a people is entirely…

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Thinking Quotes

Ah, well, then I suppose I shall have to die beyond my means.

Ah, well, then I suppose I shall have to die beyond my means.

There is nothing so difficult to marry as a large nose.

There is nothing so difficult to marry as a large nose.

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

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

Anybody can be good in the country

Anybody can be good in the country

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

What seems to us bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.

What seems to us bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.

Genius is born, not paid.

Genius is born, not paid.

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

Most men and women are forced to perform parts for which they have no qualification.

Most men and women are forced to perform parts for which they have no qualification.

The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly deceived

The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly deceived

The sign of a Philistine age is the cry of immorality against art.

The sign of a Philistine age is the cry of immorality against art.

Music makes one feel so romantic - at least it always gets on one's nerves...

Music makes one feel so romantic - at least it always gets on one's nerves...

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...

It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances

It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances

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...

Vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people.

Vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people.

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.

One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.

One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.