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

Hear no evil, speak no evil - and you'll never be invited to a party

Hear no evil, speak no evil - and you'll never be invited to a party

I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way...

I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way...

Skepticism is the beginning of faith.

Skepticism is the beginning of faith.

Selfishness is not living as one wisheThe cynic knows the price of everything and the...

Selfishness is not living as one wisheThe cynic knows the price of everything and 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 never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in...

I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in...

Don't give a woman advice: one should never give a woman anything she can't wear...

Don't give a woman advice: one should never give a woman anything she can't wear...

The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything: the young know everything.

The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything: the young know everything.

I can sympathize with everything, except suffering.

I can sympathize with everything, except suffering.

Scepticism is the beginning of Faith.

Scepticism is the beginning of Faith.

I don't like compliments, and I don't see why a man should think he is...

I don't like compliments, and I don't see why a man should think he is...

Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality

Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality

It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.

It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.

The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a...

The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a...

Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief

Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that...

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that...

Put your talent into your work, but your genius into your life

Put your talent into your work, but your genius into your life

Genius is formed in quiet, character in the stream of human life

Genius is formed in quiet, character in the stream of human life

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

Never have I thought that I was the happy possessor of a talent; my sole...

Never have I thought that I was the happy possessor of a talent; my sole...