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

If there was less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the...

If there was less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the...

The proper school to learn art is not life but art

The proper school to learn art is not life but art

They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever.

They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever.

Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things...

Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things...

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

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

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

There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the...

There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the...

I do not approve of anything which tampers with natural ignorance

I do not approve of anything which tampers with natural ignorance

Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless...

Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless...

Football is all very well as a game for rough girls, but is hardly suitable...

Football is all very well as a game for rough girls, but is hardly suitable...

She is a peacock in everything but beauty

She is a peacock in everything but beauty

Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.

Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.

Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us...

Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us...

The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life.

The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life.

An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer...

An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer...

Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are.

Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are.

The one person who has more illusions than the dreamer is the man of action

The one person who has more illusions than the dreamer is the man of action

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

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

Genius is an African who dreams up snow

Genius is an African who dreams up snow

The greatest genius is never so great as when it is chastised and subdued by...

The greatest genius is never so great as when it is chastised and subdued by...

Of all the things I have done, the most vital is coordinating the talents of...

Of all the things I have done, the most vital is coordinating the talents of...