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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Necessity Quotes, Purpose Quotes, Style Quotes

Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is...

Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is...

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.

Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground

Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground

True love is like a pair of socks: you gotta have two and they've gotta...

True love is like a pair of socks: you gotta have two and they've gotta...

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

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...

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she...

As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she...

Genius is born, not paid.

Genius is born, not paid.

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

A red rose is not selfish because it wants to be a red rose. It...

A red rose is not selfish because it wants to be a red rose. It...

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely...

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely...

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

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

Murder is always a mistake - one should never do anything one cannot talk about...

Murder is always a mistake - one should never do anything one cannot talk about...

One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should...

One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should...

Love is like a booger. You keep picking at it until you get it, then...

Love is like a booger. You keep picking at it until you get it, then...

I can resist everything except temptation.

I can resist everything except temptation.

All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.

All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.

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...

When good Americans die they go to Paris.

When good Americans die they go to Paris.