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

The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.

The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.

An acquaintance that begins with a compliment is sure to develop into a real friendship.

An acquaintance that begins with a compliment is sure to develop into a real friendship.

Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion.

Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion.

It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution

It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution

Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no...

Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no...

It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner...

It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner...

Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality

Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality

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...

The worst form of tyranny the world has ever known the tyranny of the weak...

The worst form of tyranny the world has ever known the tyranny of the weak...

People who count their chickens before they are hatched, act very wisely, because chickens run...

People who count their chickens before they are hatched, act very wisely, because chickens run...

It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to...

It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to...

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always...

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always...

Who, being loved, is poor?

Who, being loved, is poor?

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

The past is of no importance. The present is of no importance. It is with...

The past is of no importance. The present is of no importance. It is with...

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.

Seriousness is the last refuge of the shallow.

Seriousness is the last refuge of the shallow.

Perhaps naively I thought people understand what humor was, that it was invented by the...

Perhaps naively I thought people understand what humor was, that it was invented by the...

If a dog doesn't put you first where are you both? In what relation? A...

If a dog doesn't put you first where are you both? In what relation? A...

Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who...

Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who...