In examinations, the foolish ask questions the wise cannot answer.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Fool Quotes, Wisdom Quotes

America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.

America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.

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...

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...

To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like...

To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like...

Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless,...

Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless,...

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;...

He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.

He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.

Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do

Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do

I don't like compliments, and I don't see why a man should think he is...

I don't like compliments, and I don't see why a man should think he is...

Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had...

Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had...

Biography lends to death a new terror.

Biography lends to death a new terror.

There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well...

There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well...

Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Whenever cannibals are on the brink of starvation, Heaven, in its infinite mercy, sends them...

Whenever cannibals are on the brink of starvation, Heaven, in its infinite mercy, sends them...

Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.

Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

It is very vulgar to talk about one's business. Only people like stockbrokers do that,...

It is very vulgar to talk about one's business. Only people like stockbrokers do that,...

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is...

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is...

Always smile more than you cry, give more than you take and love more than...

Always smile more than you cry, give more than you take and love more than...

If you tell folks you're a college student, folks are so impressed. You can be...

If you tell folks you're a college student, folks are so impressed. You can be...