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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Extravagance Quotes, Luxury Quotes

The past is of no importance. The present is of no importance. It is with...

The past is of no importance. The present is of no importance. It is with...

Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat

Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat

Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless...

Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless...

Alas, I am dying beyond my means.

Alas, I am dying beyond my means.

I like men who have a future and women who have a past.

I like men who have a future and women who have a past.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

There's a way of transferring funds that is even faster than electronic banking. It's called...

There's a way of transferring funds that is even faster than electronic banking. It's called...

Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless,...

Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless,...

They afterwards took me to a dancing saloon where I saw the only rational method...

They afterwards took me to a dancing saloon where I saw the only rational method...

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

To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance

To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance

There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well...

There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well...

Of course the music is a great difficulty. You see, if one plays good music,...

Of course the music is a great difficulty. You see, if one plays good music,...

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value...

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value...

Journalism justifies its own existence by the great Darwinian principle of the survival of the...

Journalism justifies its own existence by the great Darwinian principle of the survival of the...

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that...

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that...

Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things...

Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things...

I do not approve of anything which tampers with natural ignorance

I do not approve of anything which tampers with natural ignorance

Ignorance never settles a question

Ignorance never settles a question

Ignorance is bliss

Ignorance is bliss