Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Irony Quotes, Wit Quotes

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that...

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that...

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...

Put your talent into your work, but your genius into your life

Put your talent into your work, but your genius into your life

All great ideas are dangerous.

All great ideas are dangerous.

It is only the modern that ever becomes old-fashioned.

It is only the modern that ever becomes old-fashioned.

To get back to my youth I would do anything in the world, except take...

To get back to my youth I would do anything in the world, except take...

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...

True friends stab you in the front.

True friends stab you in the front.

A misanthrope I can understand - a womanthrope never

A misanthrope I can understand - a womanthrope never

People sometimes inquire what form of government is most suitable for an artist to live...

People sometimes inquire what form of government is most suitable for an artist to live...

There is much to be said in favour of modern journalism. By giving us the...

There is much to be said in favour of modern journalism. By giving us the...

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on...

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on...

People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they...

People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they...

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.

I have nothing to declare except my genuis.

I have nothing to declare except my genuis.

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

Only the shallow know themselves.

Only the shallow know themselves.

Life is too important to be taken seriously.

Life is too important to be taken seriously.

I've never tried to block out the memories of the past, even though some are...

I've never tried to block out the memories of the past, even though some are...

Where there's life, there's hope.

Where there's life, there's hope.