Seriousness is the last refuge of the shallow.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Humor Quotes, Seriousness Quotes

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.

It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.

It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.

The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life.

The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married 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...

While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the...

While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the...

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

Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob

Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob

It was only a sunny smile and little it cost in the giving but like...

It was only a sunny smile and little it cost in the giving but like...

I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.

I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.

And now, I am dying beyond my means.

And now, I am dying beyond my means.

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you...

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you...

No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.

No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.

Man can believe the impossible, but man can never believe the improbable.

Man can believe the impossible, but man can never believe the improbable.

The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything: the young know everything.

The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything: the young know everything.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when...

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when...

Murder is always a mistake - one should never do anything one cannot talk about...

Murder is always a mistake - one should never do anything one cannot talk about...

One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.

One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.

You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation...

You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation...

Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.

Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.