My duty as a gentleman has never interfered with my pleasures in the smallest degree.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Gentlemen Quotes, Pleasure Quotes

All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art...

All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art...

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...

The world is divided into two classes, those who believe the incredible, and those who...

The world is divided into two classes, those who believe the incredible, and those who...

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

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

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

I sometimes think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability

I sometimes think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability

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

What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do,...

What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do,...

Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot...

Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot...

I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about.

I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about.

Popularity is the crown of laurel which the world puts on bad art. Whatever is...

Popularity is the crown of laurel which the world puts on bad art. Whatever is...

An excellent man; he has no enemies; and none of his friends like him.

An excellent man; he has no enemies; and none of his friends like him.

Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It...

Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It...

The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.

The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.

Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless,...

Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless,...

Men always want to be a womans first love. Women have a more subtle instinct:...

Men always want to be a womans first love. Women have a more subtle instinct:...

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...

He left a bit too easily and with obvious relief. His feet were swift and...

He left a bit too easily and with obvious relief. His feet were swift and...

The way to hold a husband is to keep him a little jealous; the way...

The way to hold a husband is to keep him a little jealous; the way...

Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing...

Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing...