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

There are two ways of disliking poetry; one way is to dislike it, the other...

There are two ways of disliking poetry; one way is to dislike it, the other...

We can have in life but one great experience at best, and the secret of...

We can have in life but one great experience at best, and the secret of...

There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to...

There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to...

Nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude

Nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude

The secret of life is in art.

The secret of life is in art.

There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating; people who know absolutely...

There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating; people who know absolutely...

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...

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far...

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far...

There is nothing so difficult to marry as a large nose.

There is nothing so difficult to marry as a large nose.

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.

Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

Nature is always behind the age

Nature is always behind the age

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.

People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they...

People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they...

To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like...

To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like...

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.

Cricket civilizes people and creates good gentlemen I want everyone to play cricket in Zimbabwe;...

Cricket civilizes people and creates good gentlemen I want everyone to play cricket in Zimbabwe;...

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.

If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we...

If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we...

We learn and grow and are transformed not so much by what we do but...

We learn and grow and are transformed not so much by what we do but...