I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is hitting below the intellect.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Force Quotes, Funny Quotes, Reason Quotes, Witty Quotes

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...

Murder is always a mistake - one should never do anything one cannot talk about...

Murder is always a mistake - one should never do anything one cannot talk about...

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

Put your talent into your work, but your genius into your life

Put your talent into your work, but your genius into your life

Scepticism is the beginning of Faith.

Scepticism is the beginning of Faith.

The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not...

The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not...

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

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

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...

How strange a thing this is! The Priest telleth me that the Soul is worth...

How strange a thing this is! The Priest telleth me that the Soul is worth...

Music is the art which is most nigh to tears and memory.

Music is the art which is most nigh to tears and memory.

As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When...

As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When...

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...

Experience is the name we give to our past mistakes

Experience is the name we give to our past mistakes

The husbands of very beautiful women belong to the criminal classes.

The husbands of very beautiful women belong to the criminal classes.

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.

When a love comes to an end, weaklings cry, efficient ones instantly find another love,...

When a love comes to an end, weaklings cry, efficient ones instantly find another love,...

Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family...

Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family...

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses...

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses...

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...

It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.

It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.