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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Idleness Quotes, Perfection Quotes, Youth Quotes

The sign of a Philistine age is the cry of immorality against art.

The sign of a Philistine age is the cry of immorality against art.

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry,...

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry,...

I always like to know everything about my new friends, and nothing about my old...

I always like to know everything about my new friends, and nothing about my old...

I want the dead lovers of the world to hear our laughter and grow sad....

I want the dead lovers of the world to hear our laughter and grow sad....

Art is the most intense mode of invidualism that the world has known.

Art is the most intense mode of invidualism that the world has known.

A kiss may ruin a human life.

A kiss may ruin a human life.

I can resist everything except temptation.

I can resist everything except temptation.

Any preoccupation with ideas of what is right or wrong in conduct shows an arrested...

Any preoccupation with ideas of what is right or wrong in conduct shows an arrested...

Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always...

Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always...

If one tells the truth, one is sure sooner or later to be found out

If one tells the truth, one is sure sooner or later to be found out

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

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

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...

Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut;...

Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut;...

Children have a natural antipathy to books - handicraft should be the basis of education....

Children have a natural antipathy to books - handicraft should be the basis of education....

I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.

I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.

An ordinary man away from home giving advice.

An ordinary man away from home giving advice.

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...

A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.

A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.

To the artist there is never anything ugly in nature.

To the artist there is never anything ugly in nature.

It is not a disgrace to fail. Failing is one of the greatest arts in...

It is not a disgrace to fail. Failing is one of the greatest arts in...