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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Women Quotes

If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to...

If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to...

There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to...

There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to...

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry,...

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry,...

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

The only way a woman can ever reform her husband is by boring him so...

The only way a woman can ever reform her husband is by boring him so...

Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there.

Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there.

I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But...

I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But...

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...

True friends stab you in the front.

True friends stab you in the front.

By persistently remaining single a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.

By persistently remaining single a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.

The only real people are the people who never existed

The only real people are the people who never existed

As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she...

As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she...

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

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

Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.

Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.

Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.

Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.

The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.

The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.

Crying is the refuge of plain women but the ruin of pretty ones.

Crying is the refuge of plain women but the ruin of pretty ones.

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

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

Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do...

Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do...

Conversation between Adam and Eve must have been difficult at times because they had nobody...

Conversation between Adam and Eve must have been difficult at times because they had nobody...

The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive...

The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive...

A day without sunshine is like...night!

A day without sunshine is like...night!