Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Seriousness Quotes, Shallowness Quotes

The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary...

The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary...

Football is all very well as a game for rough girls, but is hardly suitable...

Football is all very well as a game for rough girls, but is hardly suitable...

Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

The past is of no importance. The present is of no importance. It is with...

The past is of no importance. The present is of no importance. It is with...

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

Charity creates a multitude of sins. Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a...

Charity creates a multitude of sins. Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a...

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.

It is always a silly thing to give advice, but to give good advice is...

It is always a silly thing to give advice, but to give good advice is...

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask,...

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask,...

It was the passions about whose origin we deceived ourselves that tyrannized most strongly over...

It was the passions about whose origin we deceived ourselves that tyrannized most strongly over...

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...

Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of...

Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of...

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.

It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.

It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.

Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family...

Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family...

All trials are trials for one's life, just as all sentences are sentences of death.

All trials are trials for one's life, just as all sentences are sentences of death.

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...

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

Let the spirit out - Discard all thoughts of reward, all hopes of praise and...

Let the spirit out - Discard all thoughts of reward, all hopes of praise and...

Is life so wretched? Isn't it rather your hands which are too small, your vision...

Is life so wretched? Isn't it rather your hands which are too small, your vision...

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may...

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may...

It is not what he had, or even what he does, which expresses the worth...

It is not what he had, or even what he does, which expresses the worth...

The most efficient water power in the world - women's tears.

The most efficient water power in the world - women's tears.