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

Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women have a more subtle instinct:...

Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women have a more subtle instinct:...

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when...

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when...

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and...

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and...

Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief

Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief

Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.

Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair...

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair...

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses...

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses...

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...

These days man knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing.

These days man knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing.

I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.

I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.

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.

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

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

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...

I welcome this opportunity of pricking the bloated bladder of lies with the poniard of...

I welcome this opportunity of pricking the bloated bladder of lies with the poniard of...

A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When...

As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When...

It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or...

It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or...

We are all born charming, fresh, and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are...

We are all born charming, fresh, and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are...

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.