In marriage, as in war, it is permitted to take every advantage of the enemy.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Marriage Quotes, War Quotes

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...

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.

All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.

To regret one's own experiences is to arrest one's own development. To deny one's own...

To regret one's own experiences is to arrest one's own development. To deny one's own...

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.

Authority is quite degrading

Authority is quite degrading

If one plays good music, people don't listen and if one plays bad music people...

If one plays good music, people don't listen and if one plays bad music people...

The sign of a Philistine age is the cry of immorality against art.

The sign of a Philistine age is the cry of immorality against art.

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love,...

Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love,...

The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary...

The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary...

God's eternal laws are kind-and break the heart of stone.

God's eternal laws are kind-and break the heart of stone.

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...

Until this moment, I never understood how hard it was to lose something you never...

Until this moment, I never understood how hard it was to lose something you never...

Crying is the refuge of plain women but the ruin of pretty ones.

Crying is the refuge of plain women but the ruin of pretty ones.

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.

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.

Who, being loved, is poor?

Who, being loved, is poor?

Why can't love be a fairy tale?

Why can't love be a fairy tale?

Love is the expression of one's values, the greatest reward you can earn for the...

Love is the expression of one's values, the greatest reward you can earn for the...

Poverty is no disgrace to a man, but it is confoundedly inconvenient

Poverty is no disgrace to a man, but it is confoundedly inconvenient