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

In America, the young are always ready to give to those older than themselves the...

In America, the young are always ready to give to those older than themselves the...

It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances

It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances

Any preoccupation with ideas of what is right or wrong in conduct shows an arrested...

Any preoccupation with ideas of what is right or wrong in conduct shows an arrested...

Popularity is the crown of laurel which the world puts on bad art. Whatever is...

Popularity is the crown of laurel which the world puts on bad art. Whatever is...

It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.

It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

The aim of love is to love: no more, and no less.

The aim of love is to love: no more, and no less.

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in...

I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in...

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

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

Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.

Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.

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,...

The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a...

The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a...

Simplicity is Beauty and Beauty is simplicity, nothing more, nothing less.

Simplicity is Beauty and Beauty is simplicity, nothing more, nothing less.

Illusion is the first of all pleasures.

Illusion is the first of all pleasures.

Nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman

Nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

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...

He who lives only to benefit himself confers on he world a benefit when he...

He who lives only to benefit himself confers on he world a benefit when he...

A new way of thinking has become the necessary condition for responsible living and acting....

A new way of thinking has become the necessary condition for responsible living and acting....