The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Curiosity Quotes, People Quotes, Uselessness Quotes, Worthiness Quotes

There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to...

There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to...

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family...

Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family...

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

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

And now, I am dying beyond my means.

And now, I am dying beyond my means.

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...

The only way a woman can ever reform her husband is by boring him so...

The only way a woman can ever reform her husband is by boring him so...

The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. And...

The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. And...

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

I can sympathize with everything, except suffering.

I can sympathize with everything, except suffering.

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...

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

The only reward for love is the experience of loving.

The only reward for love is the experience of loving.

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

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

It is better to be beautiful than to be good, but it is better to...

It is better to be beautiful than to be good, but it is better to...

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...

A mans face is his autobiography. A women's face is her work of fiction.

A mans face is his autobiography. A women's face is her work of fiction.

Temperament is the primary requisite for the critic - a temperament exquisitely susceptible to beauty,...

Temperament is the primary requisite for the critic - a temperament exquisitely susceptible to beauty,...

Temperament lies behind mood; behind will, lies the fate of character. Then behind both, the...

Temperament lies behind mood; behind will, lies the fate of character. Then behind both, the...

Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born...

Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born...