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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Extravagance Quotes, Luxury Quotes

It (cricket) requires one to assume such indecent postures

It (cricket) requires one to assume such indecent postures

Questions are never indiscreet: answers sometimes are

Questions are never indiscreet: answers sometimes are

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

In America, the young are always ready to give to those older than themselves the...

In America, the young are always ready to give to those older than themselves the...

People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they...

People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they...

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I...

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I...

One can survive everything nowadays, except death, and live down anything, except a good reputation.

One can survive everything nowadays, except death, and live down anything, except a good reputation.

It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.

It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.

Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always...

Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always...

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...

We all live in the gutter but some of us are looking up at the...

We all live in the gutter but some of us are looking up at the...

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...

My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's

My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's

An acquaintance that begins with a compliment is sure to develop into a real friendship.

An acquaintance that begins with a compliment is sure to develop into a real friendship.

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...

To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance

To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance

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.

My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's.

My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's.

Everybody has accepted by now that change is unavoidable. But that still implies that change...

Everybody has accepted by now that change is unavoidable. But that still implies that change...

If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to...

If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to...