The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Optimism Quotes

Everything popular is wrong.

Everything popular is wrong.

He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.

He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.

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...

It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in...

It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in...

When I was young, I thought that money was the most important thing in life;...

When I was young, I thought that money was the most important thing in life;...

Nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude

Nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude

Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying.

Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying.

My great mistake, the fault for which I can't forgive myself, is that one day...

My great mistake, the fault for which I can't forgive myself, is that one day...

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...

The condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection is youth.

The condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection is youth.

One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one

One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one

In married life three is company and two none.

In married life three is company and two none.

A red rose is not selfish because it wants to be a red rose. It...

A red rose is not selfish because it wants to be a red rose. It...

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and...

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and...

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women have a more subtle instinct:...

Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women have a more subtle instinct:...

Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it has...

Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it has...

It (cricket) requires one to assume such indecent postures

It (cricket) requires one to assume such indecent postures

When I began to use my cricket, the first man I met in the darkness...

When I began to use my cricket, the first man I met in the darkness...

Cricket needs brightening up a bit. My solution is to let the players drink at...

Cricket needs brightening up a bit. My solution is to let the players drink at...