If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Goodness Quotes, Optimism Quotes

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value...

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value...

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...

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...

All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.

All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

Scepticism is the beginning of Faith.

Scepticism is the beginning of Faith.

The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. And...

The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. And...

Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.

Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely...

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely...

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...

It is only the modern that ever becomes old-fashioned.

It is only the modern that ever becomes old-fashioned.

A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

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

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

Beauty is a form of genius - is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs...

Beauty is a form of genius - is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs...

In the world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants,...

In the world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants,...

It is always a silly thing to give advice, but to give good advice is...

It is always a silly thing to give advice, but to give good advice is...

Nature is always behind the age.

Nature is always behind the age.

Thinking is the most unhealthy thing in the world, and people die of it just...

Thinking is the most unhealthy thing in the world, and people die of it just...

The world's greatest thinkers have often been amateurs; for high thinking is the outcome of...

The world's greatest thinkers have often been amateurs; for high thinking is the outcome of...

I have learned never to ridicule any man's opinion, however strange it may seem

I have learned never to ridicule any man's opinion, however strange it may seem