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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Women Quotes

When I was young, I thought that money was the most important thing in life;...

When I was young, I thought that money was the most important thing in life;...

35 is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the very...

35 is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the very...

Yes, I am a thorough republican. No other form of government is so favorable to...

Yes, I am a thorough republican. No other form of government is so favorable to...

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

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

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

Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot...

Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot...

In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs for ever and ever

In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs for ever and ever

Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying.

Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying.

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is...

So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is...

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far...

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far...

Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

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...

Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious.

Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious.

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...

Until this moment, I never understood how hard it was to lose something you never...

Until this moment, I never understood how hard it was to lose something you never...

Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.

Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.

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...

Great literature should do some good to the reader: must quicken his perception though dull,...

Great literature should do some good to the reader: must quicken his perception though dull,...

My main reason for adopting literature as a profession was that, as the author is...

My main reason for adopting literature as a profession was that, as the author is...