In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Life Quotes

In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs for ever and ever

In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs for ever and ever

To get back one's youth one has merely to repeat one's follies

To get back one's youth one has merely to repeat one's follies

Talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if...

Talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if...

My duty as a gentleman has never interfered with my pleasures in the smallest degree.

My duty as a gentleman has never interfered with my pleasures in the smallest degree.

Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever,...

Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever,...

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.

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...

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:...

Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead...

Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead...

If one tells the truth, one is sure sooner or later to be found out

If one tells the truth, one is sure sooner or later to be found out

There is only one real tragedy in a woman's life. The fact that her past...

There is only one real tragedy in a woman's life. The fact that her past...

One should never make one's debut in a scandal. One should reserve that to give...

One should never make one's debut in a scandal. One should reserve that to give...

Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.

Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.

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,...

Don't give a woman advice: one should never give a woman anything she can't wear...

Don't give a woman advice: one should never give a woman anything she can't wear...

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

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.

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...

Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always...

Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always...

One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.

One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.