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

One's real life is often the life that one does not lead

One's real life is often the life that one does not lead

Music makes one feel so romantic - at least it always gets on one's nerves...

Music makes one feel so romantic - at least it always gets on one's nerves...

While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the...

While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the...

A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.

Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.

A woman will flirt with anybody in the world as long as other people are...

A woman will flirt with anybody in the world as long as other people are...

Pleasure is Nature's test, her sign of approval. When man is happy, he is in...

Pleasure is Nature's test, her sign of approval. When man is happy, he is in...

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I...

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I...

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Journalism justifies its own existence by the great Darwinian principle of the survival of the...

Journalism justifies its own existence by the great Darwinian principle of the survival of the...

The sign of a Philistine age is the cry of immorality against art.

The sign of a Philistine age is the cry of immorality against art.

While to the claims of charity a man may yield and yet be free, to...

While to the claims of charity a man may yield and yet be free, to...

To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance.

To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance.

When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.

When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.

Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.

Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.

As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When...

As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When...

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

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

History is merely gossip

History is merely gossip

The best part of sleepovers are the deep conversations you have in the middle of...

The best part of sleepovers are the deep conversations you have in the middle of...

Gossip is the tool of the poet, the shoptalk of the scientist and the consolation...

Gossip is the tool of the poet, the shoptalk of the scientist and the consolation...

America must raise an empire of permanent duration, supported upon the grand pillars of Truth,...

America must raise an empire of permanent duration, supported upon the grand pillars of Truth,...