Simple pleasures are always the last refuge of the complex

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Pleasure Quotes

Most men and women are forced to perform parts for which they have no qualification.

Most men and women are forced to perform parts for which they have no qualification.

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...

I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It...

I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It...

As yet, Bernard Shaw hasn't become prominent enough to have any enemies, but none of...

As yet, Bernard Shaw hasn't become prominent enough to have any enemies, but none of...

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that...

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that...

I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and...

I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and...

Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are.

Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are.

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

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

Only the shallow know themselves.

Only the shallow know themselves.

Music is the art which is most nigh to tears and memory.

Music is the art which is most nigh to tears and memory.

Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love; it is the faithless...

Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love; it is the faithless...

Judges, like the criminal classes, have their lighter moments

Judges, like the criminal classes, have their lighter moments

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.

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.

Nature is always behind the age.

Nature is always behind the age.

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses...

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses...

The intellect is not a serious thing, and never has been. It is an instrument...

The intellect is not a serious thing, and never has been. It is an instrument...

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.

There is no longer a way out of our present situation except by forging a...

There is no longer a way out of our present situation except by forging a...

Your past is important but it is not nearly as important to your present as...

Your past is important but it is not nearly as important to your present as...