Appearance blinds, whereas words reveal.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Clarity Quotes, Honesty Quotes

I always like to know everything about my new friends, and nothing about my old...

I always like to know everything about my new friends, and nothing about my old...

It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution

It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution

In marriage, as in war, it is permitted to take every advantage of the enemy.

In marriage, as in war, it is permitted to take every advantage of the enemy.

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...

Musical people always want one to be perfectly dumb at the very moment when one...

Musical people always want one to be perfectly dumb at the very moment when one...

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

No crime is vulgar, but all vulgarity is crime

No crime is vulgar, but all vulgarity is crime

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...

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

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.

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,...

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it...

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it...

A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.

A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.

I welcome this opportunity of pricking the bloated bladder of lies with the poniard of...

I welcome this opportunity of pricking the bloated bladder of lies with the poniard of...

Hearts live by being wounded.

Hearts live by being wounded.

Extravagance is the luxury of the poor; penury is the luxury of the rich

Extravagance is the luxury of the poor; penury is the luxury of the rich

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.

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 British tend to shy away from the spotlight. We don't like being singled out...

The British tend to shy away from the spotlight. We don't like being singled out...

Instead of getting married again, Im going to find a woman I dont like and...

Instead of getting married again, Im going to find a woman I dont like and...

The trouble is not that I am single and likely to stay single, but that...

The trouble is not that I am single and likely to stay single, but that...