History is merely gossip

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Gossip Quotes, History Quotes

It is only the modern that ever becomes old fashioned.

It is only the modern that ever becomes old fashioned.

Nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude

Nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude

True friends stab you in the front.

True friends stab you in the front.

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

No crime is vulgar, but all vulgarity is crime

No crime is vulgar, but all vulgarity is crime

Talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if...

Talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if...

I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about.

I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about.

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.

People who count their chickens before they are hatched, act very wisely, because chickens run...

People who count their chickens before they are hatched, act very wisely, because chickens run...

It is always the unreadable that occurs.

It is always the unreadable that occurs.

It (cricket) requires one to assume such indecent postures

It (cricket) requires one to assume such indecent postures

If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to...

If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to...

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always...

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always...

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...

It is better to be beautiful than to be good, but it is better to...

It is better to be beautiful than to be good, but it is better to...

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything: the young know everything.

The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything: the young know everything.

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live; it is asking others to live...

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live; it is asking others to live...

Don't think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. As Charles De Gaulle said, the cemeteries...

Don't think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. As Charles De Gaulle said, the cemeteries...

Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man...

Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man...