Genius is born, not paid.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Genius Quotes, Money Quotes

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend...

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend...

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

It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution

It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution

Everything popular is wrong.

Everything popular is wrong.

There is much to be said in favour of modern journalism. By giving us the...

There is much to be said in favour of modern journalism. By giving us the...

All great ideas are dangerous.

All great ideas are dangerous.

The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.

The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.

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

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

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...

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...

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

I have made an important discovery... that alcohol, taken in sufficient quantities, produces all the...

I have made an important discovery... that alcohol, taken in sufficient quantities, produces all the...

Only the shallow know themselves.

Only the shallow know themselves.

A man cannot reason with the woman he loves: he cares about her too much.

A man cannot reason with the woman he loves: he cares about her too much.

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and...

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and...

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.

A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this / that offences against Charity...

A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this / that offences against Charity...

Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die.

Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die.

Until you lose your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was or what...

Until you lose your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was or what...