Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Irony Quotes, Wit Quotes

Biography lends to death a new terror.

Biography lends to death a new terror.

The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its...

The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its...

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...

Popularity is the crown of laurel which the world puts on bad art. Whatever is...

Popularity is the crown of laurel which the world puts on bad art. Whatever is...

Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things...

Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things...

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...

By persistently remaining single a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.

By persistently remaining single a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.

In married life three is company and two none.

In married life three is company and two none.

Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us.

Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us.

There is nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It is...

There is nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It is...

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

You are beautiful when you are happy.

You are beautiful when you are happy.

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.

Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground

Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.

Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.

All great ideas are dangerous.

All great ideas are dangerous.

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

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

Gags die, humor doesn't.

Gags die, humor doesn't.

Good taste and humor are a contradiction in terms, like a chaste whore.

Good taste and humor are a contradiction in terms, like a chaste whore.