A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Death Quotes, Sacrifice Quotes, Truth Quotes

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

You know what a woman's curiosity is

You know what a woman's curiosity is

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...

Men always want to be a womans first love. Women have a more subtle instinct:...

Men always want to be a womans first love. Women have a more subtle instinct:...

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

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,...

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.

From the point of view of literature Mr. Kipling is a genius who drops his...

From the point of view of literature Mr. Kipling is a genius who drops his...

All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.

All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you...

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you...

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.

To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.

As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When...

As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When...

Music is the art which is most nigh to tears and memory.

Music is the art which is most nigh to tears and memory.

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own...

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own...

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

It is exactly because a man cannot do a thing that he is a proper...

It is exactly because a man cannot do a thing that he is a proper...

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than...

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than...

If there be one principle more deeply rooted than any other in the mind of...

If there be one principle more deeply rooted than any other in the mind of...

No politician has ever yet been able to rule his country, nor has any country...

No politician has ever yet been able to rule his country, nor has any country...

Most of the time when people laugh at me...I'm not trying to be funny.

Most of the time when people laugh at me...I'm not trying to be funny.