Questions are never indiscreet: answers sometimes are

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Questioning Quotes

Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.

Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my...

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my...

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When...

As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When...

Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is...

Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is...

One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should...

One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should...

To give and not expect return, that is what lies at the heart of love.

To give and not expect return, that is what lies at the heart of love.

America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.

America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.

True friends stab you in the front.

True friends stab you in the front.

There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with...

There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with...

Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing

Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing

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

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

Nature is always behind the age

Nature is always behind the age

Love is like a booger. You keep picking at it until you get it, then...

Love is like a booger. You keep picking at it until you get it, then...

The worst form of tyranny the world has ever known the tyranny of the weak...

The worst form of tyranny the world has ever known the tyranny of the weak...

We all live in the gutter but some of us are looking up at the...

We all live in the gutter but some of us are looking up at the...

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

There are two ways of disliking poetry; one way is to dislike it, the other...

There are two ways of disliking poetry; one way is to dislike it, the other...

We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.

We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.

I don't expect you'll hear me writing any poems to the greater glory of Ronald...

I don't expect you'll hear me writing any poems to the greater glory of Ronald...