Questions are never indiscreet: answers sometimes are

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Questioning Quotes

Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying.

Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying.

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

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

You know what a woman's curiosity is

You know what a woman's curiosity is

Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of...

Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of...

Art is the most intense mode of invidualism that the world has known.

Art is the most intense mode of invidualism that the world has known.

Literature always anticipates life. It does not copy it, but moulds it to its purpose....

Literature always anticipates life. It does not copy it, but moulds it to its purpose....

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always...

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always...

Genius is born, not paid.

Genius is born, not paid.

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to...

If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to...

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.

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...

One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.

One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.

I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about.

I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about.

Temperament is the primary requisite for the critic - a temperament exquisitely susceptible to beauty,...

Temperament is the primary requisite for the critic - a temperament exquisitely susceptible to beauty,...

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

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

What seems to us bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.

What seems to us bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.

Ambition is the last refuge of failure.

Ambition is the last refuge of failure.

Fear of failure must never be a reason not to try something.

Fear of failure must never be a reason not to try something.

The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.

The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.