Nature is always behind the age.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Age Quotes, Funny Quotes

She is a peacock in everything but beauty

She is a peacock in everything but beauty

They afterwards took me to a dancing saloon where I saw the only rational method...

They afterwards took me to a dancing saloon where I saw the only rational method...

Temperament is the primary requisite for the critic - a temperament exquisitely susceptible to beauty,...

Temperament is the primary requisite for the critic - a temperament exquisitely susceptible to beauty,...

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

Men marry because they are tired, women because they are curious; both are disappointed.

Men marry because they are tired, women because they are curious; both are disappointed.

Hearts live by being wounded.

Hearts live by being wounded.

Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.

Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.

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:...

All great ideas are dangerous.

All great ideas are dangerous.

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...

A misanthrope I can understand - a womanthrope never

A misanthrope I can understand - a womanthrope never

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.

These days man knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing.

These days man knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing.

Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality

Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality

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

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

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

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...

Faithfulness is to the emotional life what consistency is to the life of the intellect...

Faithfulness is to the emotional life what consistency is to the life of the intellect...

The impossible often has a kind of integrity which the merely improbable lacks.

The impossible often has a kind of integrity which the merely improbable lacks.

Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these...

Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these...