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

Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier...

Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier...

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on...

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on...

My wife and I no longer have anything in common but our differences.

My wife and I no longer have anything in common but our differences.

A man who moralizes is usually a hypocrite, and a woman who moralizes is invariably...

A man who moralizes is usually a hypocrite, and a woman who moralizes is invariably...

I adore political parties. They are the only place left to us where people don't...

I adore political parties. They are the only place left to us where people don't...

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...

Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your...

Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your...

There is much to be said in favour of modern journalism. By giving us the...

There is much to be said in favour of modern journalism. By giving us the...

A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he...

A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he...

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...

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you...

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you...

A kiss may ruin a human life.

A kiss may ruin a human life.

Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It...

Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It...

I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and...

I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and...

One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one

One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

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...

All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.

All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.

Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it charm.

Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it charm.

I want peace. I want to see if somewhere there isn't something left in life...

I want peace. I want to see if somewhere there isn't something left in life...

An inextricable relationship between the foolishness and the selfishness is like that of an egg...

An inextricable relationship between the foolishness and the selfishness is like that of an egg...