History is merely gossip

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Gossip Quotes, History Quotes

I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and often convincing.

I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and often convincing.

He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.

He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.

The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.

The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.

Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.

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,...

A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love...

A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love...

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 see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives....

I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives....

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

Love is like a booger. You keep picking at it until you get it, then...

Love is like a booger. You keep picking at it until you get it, then...

Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us.

Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us.

The proper school to learn art is not life but art

The proper school to learn art is not life but art

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.

One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.

One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.

God's eternal laws are kind-and break the heart of stone.

God's eternal laws are kind-and break the heart of stone.

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

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

I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it....

I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it....

If one plays good music, people don't listen and if one plays bad music people...

If one plays good music, people don't listen and if one plays bad music people...