I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Principles Quotes, Witty Quotes

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

It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadays saying things against one, behind...

It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadays saying things against one, behind...

All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.

All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.

It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in...

It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in...

Only the shallow know themselves.

Only the shallow know themselves.

A man cannot reason with the woman he loves: he cares about her too much.

A man cannot reason with the woman he loves: he cares about her too much.

I sometimes think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability

I sometimes think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability

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

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

Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived

Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when...

The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when...

Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a...

Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a...

The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and richness to life that...

The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and richness to life that...

Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always...

Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always...

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

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of...

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of...

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...

On an altar of prejudice we crucify our own, yet the blood of all children...

On an altar of prejudice we crucify our own, yet the blood of all children...

Only than the villains of the Hierarchy will turn their face to the man hooked...

Only than the villains of the Hierarchy will turn their face to the man hooked...

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, While loving someone deeply gives you courage.

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, While loving someone deeply gives you courage.