Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Gossip Quotes, Scandal Quotes

These days man knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing.

These days man knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing.

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...

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.

Now it seems to me that love of some kind is the only possible explanation...

Now it seems to me that love of some kind is the only possible explanation...

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 -...

Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion.

Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion.

One's real life is often the life that one does not lead

One's real life is often the life that one does not lead

Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do

Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do

Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of 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...

There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating; people who know absolutely...

There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating; people who know absolutely...

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...

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I...

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I...

Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation

Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation

Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

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...

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of...

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of...

Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love,...

Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love,...

I'd rather be naked in front of a guy than in front of a group...

I'd rather be naked in front of a guy than in front of a group...

Treat a man as if he were what he ought to be and you help...

Treat a man as if he were what he ought to be and you help...

Follow your heart, but be quiet for a while first. Ask questions, then feel the...

Follow your heart, but be quiet for a while first. Ask questions, then feel the...