I don't like compliments, and I don't see why a man should think he is pleasing a woman enormously when he says to her a whole heap of things that he doesn't mean

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Compliments Quotes, Men And Women Quotes

A man's very highest moment is, I have no doubt at all, when he kneels...

A man's very highest moment is, I have no doubt at all, when he kneels...

Whenever cannibals are on the brink of starvation, Heaven, in its infinite mercy, sends them...

Whenever cannibals are on the brink of starvation, Heaven, in its infinite mercy, sends them...

All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art...

All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art...

To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.

To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.

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...

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...

Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing.

Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing.

Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.

Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.

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...

I can believe anything provided it is incredible.

I can believe anything provided it is incredible.

If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.

If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every...

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every...

The heart was made to be broken.

The heart was made to be broken.

There is no such thing as a good influence. Because to influence a person is...

There is no such thing as a good influence. Because to influence a person is...

I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But...

I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But...

Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us;...

Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us;...

The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.

The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.

To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.

To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.

Isn't it the moment of most profound doubt that gives birth to new certainties? Perhaps...

Isn't it the moment of most profound doubt that gives birth to new certainties? Perhaps...

LIFE: Love, Intelligence, Fun, Evolution in that order.

LIFE: Love, Intelligence, Fun, Evolution in that order.