Anybody can write a three-volume novel. It merely requires a complete ignorance of both life and literature.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Life Quotes

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is...

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is...

Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of...

Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of...

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.

Those whom the gods love grow young.

Those whom the gods love grow young.

If there was less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the...

If there was less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the...

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.

I adore political parties. They are the only place left to us where people don't...

I adore political parties. They are the only place left to us where people don't...

A red rose is not selfish because it wants to be a red rose. It...

A red rose is not selfish because it wants to be a red rose. It...

Authority is quite degrading

Authority is quite degrading

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.

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...

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.

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

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

One's real life is often the life that one does not lead.

One's real life is often the life that one does not lead.

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

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...

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

If someone in your life talked to you the way you talk to yourself, you...

If someone in your life talked to you the way you talk to yourself, you...

In reality, humility means nothing other than complete honesty about yourself.

In reality, humility means nothing other than complete honesty about yourself.

No one can be great, or good, or happy except through the inward efforts of...

No one can be great, or good, or happy except through the inward efforts of...

Sometimes when a man recalls the good old days, he's really thinking of his bad...

Sometimes when a man recalls the good old days, he's really thinking of his bad...