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

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

It is exactly because a man cannot do a thing that he is a proper...

It is exactly because a man cannot do a thing that he is a proper...

The man who can dominate a London dinner-table can dominate the world.

The man who can dominate a London dinner-table can dominate the world.

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.

From the point of view of literature Mr. Kipling is a genius who drops his...

From the point of view of literature Mr. Kipling is a genius who drops his...

Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a...

Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a...

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.

Anybody can be good in the country

Anybody can be good in the country

Pleasure is Nature's test, her sign of approval. When man is happy, he is in...

Pleasure is Nature's test, her sign of approval. When man is happy, he is in...

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...

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.

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.

All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

Indeed, in many respects she was quite English and was an excellent example of the...

Indeed, in many respects she was quite English and was an excellent example of the...

Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier...

Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier...

Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief

Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief

If the freedom of religion, guaranteed to us by law in theory, can ever rise...

If the freedom of religion, guaranteed to us by law in theory, can ever rise...

Throughout the long period of religious doubt, I had been rendered very unhappy by the...

Throughout the long period of religious doubt, I had been rendered very unhappy by the...