People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they call their loyalty, and their fidelity, I call either the lethargy of custom or their lack of imagination.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Imagination Quotes, Love Quotes, Marriage Quotes

Man can believe the impossible, but man can never believe the improbable.

Man can believe the impossible, but man can never believe the improbable.

Nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude

Nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude

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

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

Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always...

Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always...

There is no sin except stupidity.

There is no sin except stupidity.

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

In marriage, as in war, it is permitted to take every advantage of the enemy.

In marriage, as in war, it is permitted to take every advantage of the enemy.

Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.

Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.

Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.

Anybody can write a three-volume novel. It merely requires a complete ignorance of both life...

Anybody can write a three-volume novel. It merely requires a complete ignorance of both life...

Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your...

Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your...

Friendship is far more tragic than love, it lasts longer.

Friendship is far more tragic than love, it lasts longer.

When a man has once loved a woman he will do anything for her except...

When a man has once loved a woman he will do anything for her except...

One should never make one's debut in a scandal. One should reserve that to give...

One should never make one's debut in a scandal. One should reserve that to give...

Beauty is a form of genius - is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs...

Beauty is a form of genius - is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs...

Beauty attracts us men; but if, like an armed magnet it is pointed, beside, with...

Beauty attracts us men; but if, like an armed magnet it is pointed, beside, with...

I wanted to convince you that you must learn to make every act count, since...

I wanted to convince you that you must learn to make every act count, since...