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

Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women have a more subtle instinct:...

Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women have a more subtle instinct:...

Yet each man kills the thing he loves from all let this be heard some...

Yet each man kills the thing he loves from all let this be heard some...

There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with...

There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with...

Biography lends to death a new terror.

Biography lends to death a new terror.

The supreme object of life is to live. Few people live. It is true life...

The supreme object of life is to live. Few people live. It is true life...

The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and richness to life that...

The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and richness to life that...

It is exactly because a man cannot do a thing that he is a proper...

It is exactly because a man cannot do a thing that he is a proper...

Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us;...

Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us;...

Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are.

Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

I am not young enough to know everything.

I am not young enough to know everything.

Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a...

Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a...

Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there.

Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there.

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut;...

Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut;...

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

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

With an evening coat and a white tie, anybody, even a stockbroker, can gain a...

With an evening coat and a white tie, anybody, even a stockbroker, can gain a...

Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

It is always the unreadable that occurs.

It is always the unreadable that occurs.

One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what...

One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what...