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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Stupidity Quotes

If there is anything in the world more annoying than having people talk about you,...

If there is anything in the world more annoying than having people talk about you,...

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability.

I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability.

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.

It is only the modern that ever becomes old fashioned.

It is only the modern that ever becomes old fashioned.

A kiss may ruin a human life.

A kiss may ruin a human life.

Seriousness is the last refuge of the shallow.

Seriousness is the last refuge of the shallow.

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

One can survive everything nowadays, except death, and live down anything, except a good reputation.

One can survive everything nowadays, except death, and live down anything, except a good reputation.

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

My wife and I no longer have anything in common but our differences.

My wife and I no longer have anything in common but our differences.

It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.

It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.

My great mistake, the fault for which I can't forgive myself, is that one day...

My great mistake, the fault for which I can't forgive myself, is that one day...

Questions are never indiscreet: answers sometimes are

Questions are never indiscreet: answers sometimes are

Children have a natural antipathy to books - handicraft should be the basis of education....

Children have a natural antipathy to books - handicraft should be the basis of education....

Ambition is the last refuge of failure.

Ambition is the last refuge of failure.

We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.

We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.

Age doesn't matter, unless you're cheese.

Age doesn't matter, unless you're cheese.

We prefer world law in the age of self-determination to world war in the age...

We prefer world law in the age of self-determination to world war in the age...

The one thing women don't want to find in their stockings on Christmas morning is...

The one thing women don't want to find in their stockings on Christmas morning is...