How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Oscar Wilde Quotes

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you...

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you...

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.

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...

When I was young, I thought that money was the most important thing in life;...

When I was young, I thought that money was the most important thing in life;...

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

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

Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing

Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing

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...

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.

Few parents nowadays pay any regard to what their children say to them. The old...

Few parents nowadays pay any regard to what their children say to them. The old...

He must have a truly romantic nature, for he weeps when there is nothing at...

He must have a truly romantic nature, for he weeps when there is nothing at...

If one tells the truth, one is sure sooner or later to be found out

If one tells the truth, one is sure sooner or later to be found out

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of...

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of...

Musical people always want one to be perfectly dumb at the very moment when one...

Musical people always want one to be perfectly dumb at the very moment when one...

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...

One's real life is often the life that one does not lead

One's real life is often the life that one does not lead

Temperament is the primary requisite for the critic - a temperament exquisitely susceptible to beauty,...

Temperament is the primary requisite for the critic - a temperament exquisitely susceptible to beauty,...

To have a liberal temperament is a kind of psychological boon, To be able to...

To have a liberal temperament is a kind of psychological boon, To be able to...

Temperament lies behind mood; behind will, lies the fate of character. Then behind both, the...

Temperament lies behind mood; behind will, lies the fate of character. Then behind both, the...