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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Extravagance Quotes, Luxury Quotes

Music is the art which is most nigh to tears and memory.

Music is the art which is most nigh to tears and memory.

Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation

Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation

You know what a woman's curiosity is.

You know what a woman's curiosity is.

Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.

Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.

Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do

Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do

I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take...

I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take...

Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief

Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief

And he goes through life, his mouth open, and his mind closed.

And he goes through life, his mouth open, and his mind closed.

Nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude

Nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude

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

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

The condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection is youth.

The condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection is youth.

Murder is always a mistake - one should never do anything one cannot talk about...

Murder is always a mistake - one should never do anything one cannot talk about...

Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob

Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob

The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what fiction means.

The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what fiction means.

Hear no evil, speak no evil - and you'll never be invited to a party

Hear no evil, speak no evil - and you'll never be invited to a party

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair...

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair...

Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us...

Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us...

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...

Im so scared of getting older, Im only good at being young. So I play...

Im so scared of getting older, Im only good at being young. So I play...

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my...

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my...