Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Excess Quotes, Funny Quotes, Moderation Quotes, Success Quotes

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on...

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on...

All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.

All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell

We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell

Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious.

Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious.

One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one

One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one

I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take...

I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take...

Indeed, in many respects she was quite English and was an excellent example of the...

Indeed, in many respects she was quite English and was an excellent example of the...

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It...

I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It...

The face of the enemy frightens me only when I see how much it resembles...

The face of the enemy frightens me only when I see how much it resembles...

I can sympathize with everything, except suffering.

I can sympathize with everything, except suffering.

I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and...

I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and...

One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one

One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one

The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when...

The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when...

There is much to be said in favour of modern journalism. By giving us the...

There is much to be said in favour of modern journalism. By giving us the...

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it...

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it...

I have nothing to declare except my genius.

I have nothing to declare except my genius.

Egotism - usually just a case of mistaken nonentity.

Egotism - usually just a case of mistaken nonentity.

An empire is an immense egotism.

An empire is an immense egotism.

Few people can see genius in someone who has offended them.

Few people can see genius in someone who has offended them.

Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.

Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.