No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Beauty Quotes, Circumstances Quotes, Gliness Quotes

Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.

Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.

My great mistake, the fault for which I can't forgive myself, is that one day...

My great mistake, the fault for which I can't forgive myself, is that one day...

Marriage is not a word; it is a sentence

Marriage is not a word; it is a sentence

Only the shallow know themselves.

Only the shallow know themselves.

Art is the most intense mode of invidualism that the world has known.

Art is the most intense mode of invidualism that the world has known.

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.

Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

God's eternal laws are kind-and break the heart of stone.

God's eternal laws are kind-and break the heart of stone.

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.

Any preoccupation with ideas of what is right or wrong in conduct shows an arrested...

Any preoccupation with ideas of what is right or wrong in conduct shows an arrested...

I am not young enough to know everything.

I am not young enough to know everything.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live; it is asking others to live...

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live; it is asking others to live...

The man who can dominate a London dinner-table can dominate the world.

The man who can dominate a London dinner-table can dominate the world.

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always...

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always...

All art is quite useless.

All art is quite useless.

Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.

Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.

A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession.

A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession.