Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Insults Quotes, People Quotes

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

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

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

I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.

I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.

I am not young enough to know everything.

I am not young enough to know everything.

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

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

Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a...

Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a...

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...

Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do

Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead...

Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead...

Most men and women are forced to perform parts for which they have no qualification.

Most men and women are forced to perform parts for which they have no qualification.

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend...

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend...

To regret one's own experiences is to arrest one's own development. To deny one's own...

To regret one's own experiences is to arrest one's own development. To deny one's own...

A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.

A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.

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.

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...

All great ideas are dangerous.

All great ideas are dangerous.

All through history it's the nations that have given most to generals and the least...

All through history it's the nations that have given most to generals and the least...

Disneyland is a work of love. We didn't go into Disneyland just with the idea...

Disneyland is a work of love. We didn't go into Disneyland just with the idea...