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

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

Appearance blinds, whereas words reveal.

Appearance blinds, whereas words reveal.

Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion.

Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion.

Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.

Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.

So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is...

So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is...

Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.

Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.

There is no sin except stupidity.

There is no sin except stupidity.

Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.

Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.

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...

All art is quite useless.

All art is quite useless.

One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one

One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one

In examinations, the foolish ask questions the wise cannot answer.

In examinations, the foolish ask questions the wise cannot answer.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

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...

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I...

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I...

It is because Humanity has never known where it was going that it has been...

It is because Humanity has never known where it was going that it has been...

Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family...

Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family...

For this generation, ours, life is nuclear survival, liberty is human rights, the pursuit of...

For this generation, ours, life is nuclear survival, liberty is human rights, the pursuit of...

A lot of pressure for one human being.

A lot of pressure for one human being.