It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take themselves seriously.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Humor Quotes, Seriousness Quotes

Illusion is the first of all pleasures.

Illusion is the first of all pleasures.

Everything popular is wrong.

Everything popular is wrong.

Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends up blocking his retreat.

Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends up blocking his retreat.

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that...

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that...

A man cannot reason with the woman he loves: he cares about her too much.

A man cannot reason with the woman he loves: he cares about her too much.

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

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

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

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

The supreme object of life is to live. Few people live. It is true life...

The supreme object of life is to live. Few people live. It is true life...

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything but the value of...

A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything but the value of...

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

Nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman

Nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman

I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But...

I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But...

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry,...

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry,...

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

Ah, well, then I suppose I shall have to die beyond my means.

Ah, well, then I suppose I shall have to die beyond my means.

To get back to my youth I would do anything in the world, except take...

To get back to my youth I would do anything in the world, except take...

Time is waste of money.

Time is waste of money.

The only thing money gives you is the freedom of not worrying about money

The only thing money gives you is the freedom of not worrying about money

We all need money, but there are degrees of desperation.

We all need money, but there are degrees of desperation.