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

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.

We can have in life but one great experience at best, and the secret of...

We can have in life but one great experience at best, and the secret of...

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

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

There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is...

There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is...

The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.

The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.

True friends stab you in the front.

True friends stab you in the front.

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.

They afterwards took me to a dancing saloon where I saw the only rational method...

They afterwards took me to a dancing saloon where I saw the only rational method...

Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what...

One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what...

Children have a natural antipathy to books - handicraft should be the basis of education....

Children have a natural antipathy to books - handicraft should be the basis of education....

A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything but the value of...

A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything but the value of...

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.

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is...

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is...

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...

It is always the unreadable that occurs.

It is always the unreadable that occurs.

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...

Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles

Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles

We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.

We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.