Seriousness is the last refuge of the shallow.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Humor Quotes, Seriousness Quotes

There is no such thing as a good influence. Because to influence a person is...

There is no such thing as a good influence. Because to influence a person is...

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.

Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art...

Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art...

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.

The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.

My duty as a gentleman has never interfered with my pleasures in the smallest degree.

My duty as a gentleman has never interfered with my pleasures in the smallest degree.

The world has been made by fools that men should live in it

The world has been made by fools that men should live in it

I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality...

I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality...

Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are.

Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are.

There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is...

There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is...

To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance

To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

Illusion is the first of all pleasures.

Illusion is the first of all pleasures.

The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.

The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value...

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value...

I have made an important discovery... that alcohol, taken in sufficient quantities, produces all the...

I have made an important discovery... that alcohol, taken in sufficient quantities, produces all the...

The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is...

The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is...

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

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

We must always have old memories and young hopes

We must always have old memories and young hopes

May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong,...

May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong,...

Our degeneration, when it is traced back to its origin in our view of the...

Our degeneration, when it is traced back to its origin in our view of the...