The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything: the young know everything.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.

It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.

She...can talk brillantly upon any subject provided she knows nothing about it.

She...can talk brillantly upon any subject provided she knows nothing about it.

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 well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.

The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.

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...

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...

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend...

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend...

I don't like compliments, and I don't see why a man should think he is...

I don't like compliments, and I don't see why a man should think he is...

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is...

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is...

Men of thoughts should have nothing to do with action

Men of thoughts should have nothing to do with action

The one person who has more illusions than the dreamer is the man of action

The one person who has more illusions than the dreamer is the man of action

I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in...

I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in...

Few parents nowadays pay any regard to what their children say to them. The old...

Few parents nowadays pay any regard to what their children say to them. The old...

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

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

One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead.

One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead.

The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything: the young know everything.

The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything: the young know everything.

The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life.

The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life.

The two foes of human happiness are pain and boredom

The two foes of human happiness are pain and boredom

Happiness isn't happiness unless there's a violin-playing goat.

Happiness isn't happiness unless there's a violin-playing goat.

For two people in a marriage to live together day after day is unquestionably the...

For two people in a marriage to live together day after day is unquestionably the...

FIRST keep thyself in peace, and then shalt thou be able to be a peacemaker...

FIRST keep thyself in peace, and then shalt thou be able to be a peacemaker...