The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Hypocrisy Quotes, Morality Quotes, Shame Quotes

Nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman

Nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman

Time is waste of money.

Time is waste of money.

It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will...

It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will...

God's eternal laws are kind-and break the heart of stone.

God's eternal laws are kind-and break the heart of stone.

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:...

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

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

To get back to my youth I would do anything in the world, except take...

To get back to my youth I would do anything in the world, except take...

Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us.

Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us.

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

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of...

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of...

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always...

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always...

So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is...

So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is...

Biography lends to death a new terror.

Biography lends to death a new terror.

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

The way of paradoxes is the way of truth.

The way of paradoxes is the way of truth.

It is because Humanity has never known where it was going that it has been...

It is because Humanity has never known where it was going that it has been...

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...

And he goes through life, his mouth open, and his mind closed.

And he goes through life, his mouth open, and his mind closed.

Puberty is the sickest joke God plays on us. So you're just noticing members of...

Puberty is the sickest joke God plays on us. So you're just noticing members of...

Some of the worst mistakes of my life have been haircuts.

Some of the worst mistakes of my life have been haircuts.