Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Common Sense Quotes

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

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

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.

I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and often convincing.

I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and often convincing.

The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.

The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when...

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when...

Nothing spoils romance so much as a sense of humour in the woman.

Nothing spoils romance so much as a sense of humour in the woman.

Good taste is the excuse I've always given for leading such a bad life.

Good taste is the excuse I've always given for leading such a bad life.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

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

It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner...

It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner...

I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and...

I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and...

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the...

Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the...

Men become old, but they never become good

Men become old, but they never become good

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

Few parents nowadays pay any regard to what their children say to them. The old...

Few parents nowadays pay any regard to what their children say to them. The old...

Simple pleasures are always the last refuge of the complex

Simple pleasures are always the last refuge of the complex

Thou mak'st me merry: I am full of pleasure; let us be jocund

Thou mak'st me merry: I am full of pleasure; let us be jocund

One of the most lasting pleasures you can experience is the feeling that comes over...

One of the most lasting pleasures you can experience is the feeling that comes over...