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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Being Single Quotes, Single Life Quotes

The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing

The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Her love was trembling in laughter on her lips.

Her love was trembling in laughter on her lips.

What people call insincerity is simply a method by which we can multiply our personalities.

What people call insincerity is simply a method by which we can multiply our personalities.

I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way...

I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way...

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground

Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground

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,...

Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived

Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived

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...

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

In married life three is company and two none.

In married life three is company and two none.

To get back one's youth one has merely to repeat one's follies

To get back one's youth one has merely to repeat one's follies

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

No, I am not at all cynical, I have merely got experience, which, however, is...

No, I am not at all cynical, I have merely got experience, which, however, is...

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...

In examinations, the foolish ask questions the wise cannot answer.

In examinations, the foolish ask questions the wise cannot answer.

While to the claims of charity a man may yield and yet be free, to...

While to the claims of charity a man may yield and yet be free, to...

All things are perceived in the light of charity, and hence under the aspect of...

All things are perceived in the light of charity, and hence under the aspect of...

Nothing is more patent, indeed, than the fact that charity merely converts the unfit -...

Nothing is more patent, indeed, than the fact that charity merely converts the unfit -...

I fear you do not fully comprehend the danger of abridging the liberties of the...

I fear you do not fully comprehend the danger of abridging the liberties of the...