Genius is born, not paid.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Genius Quotes, Money Quotes

Biography lends to death a new terror.

Biography lends to death a new terror.

There's nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It's a thing...

There's nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It's a thing...

God and other artists are always a little obscure.

God and other artists are always a little obscure.

These days man knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing.

These days man knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing.

Don't give a woman advice: one should never give a woman anything she can't wear...

Don't give a woman advice: one should never give a woman anything she can't wear...

Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it

Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it

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.

Young people, nowadays, imagine that money is everything, and when they grow older, they know...

Young people, nowadays, imagine that money is everything, and when they grow older, they know...

America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.

America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.

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...

Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Anybody can write a three-volume novel. It merely requires a complete ignorance of both life...

Anybody can write a three-volume novel. It merely requires a complete ignorance of both life...

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...

It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances

It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances

Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.

Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.

A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation.

Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation.

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

Genius can do much, but even genius falls short of the actuality of a single...

Genius can do much, but even genius falls short of the actuality of a single...

The essence of genius is to know what to overlook.

The essence of genius is to know what to overlook.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.

Ridicule is the best test of truth

Ridicule is the best test of truth