I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Knowledge Quotes, Writing Quotes

When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life;...

When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life;...

To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.

To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.

A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.

Murder is always a mistake - one should never do anything one cannot talk about...

Murder is always a mistake - one should never do anything one cannot talk about...

Those whom the gods love grow young.

Those whom the gods love grow young.

Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us.

Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us.

Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot...

Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot...

Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious.

Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious.

We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.

We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.

The supreme object of life is to live. Few people live. It is true life...

The supreme object of life is to live. Few people live. It is true life...

There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally...

There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally...

By persistently remaining single a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.

By persistently remaining single a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.

There is luxury in self reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else...

There is luxury in self reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else...

35 is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the very...

35 is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the very...

The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything. Except what is worth knowing. Journalism,...

The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything. Except what is worth knowing. Journalism,...

The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.

The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend...

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend...

Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.

Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.

On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not...

On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not...

Politics has always been the art of the possible. Today it's too often the art...

Politics has always been the art of the possible. Today it's too often the art...