Nature is always behind the age.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Age Quotes, Funny Quotes

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

Ambition is the last refuge of failure.

Ambition is the last refuge of failure.

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;...

In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the...

In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the...

A red rose is not selfish because it wants to be a red rose. It...

A red rose is not selfish because it wants to be a red rose. It...

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it....

I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it....

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...

All art is quite useless.

All art is quite useless.

Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.

Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.

By persistently remaining single a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.

By persistently remaining single a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do

Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do

The security of Society lies in custom and unconscious instinct, and the basis of the...

The security of Society lies in custom and unconscious instinct, and the basis of the...

Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.

Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

The one person who has more illusions than the dreamer is the man of action

The one person who has more illusions than the dreamer is the man of action

It was only a sunny smile and little it cost in the giving but like...

It was only a sunny smile and little it cost in the giving but like...

Happiness or unhappiness is often a matter of choice

Happiness or unhappiness is often a matter of choice

Happiness is neither without us nor within us. It is in God, both without us...

Happiness is neither without us nor within us. It is in God, both without us...