The security of Society lies in custom and unconscious instinct, and the basis of the stability of Society, as a healthy organism, is the complete absence of any intelligence amongst its members.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Intelligence Quotes

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

I welcome this opportunity of pricking the bloated bladder of lies with the poniard of...

I welcome this opportunity of pricking the bloated bladder of lies with the poniard of...

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...

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

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

The husbands of very beautiful women belong to the criminal classes.

The husbands of very beautiful women belong to the criminal classes.

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

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

It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadays saying things against one, behind...

It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadays saying things against one, behind...

There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating - people who know...

There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating - people who know...

Love is not a clock. You simply cannot take it apart just to see what...

Love is not a clock. You simply cannot take it apart just to see what...

The way of paradoxes is the way of truth.

The way of paradoxes is the way of truth.

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far...

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far...

A man cannot reason with the woman he loves: he cares about her too much.

A man cannot reason with the woman he loves: he cares about her too much.

One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.

One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.

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...

It was the passions about whose origin we deceived ourselves that tyrannized most strongly over...

It was the passions about whose origin we deceived ourselves that tyrannized most strongly over...

Illusion is the first of all pleasures.

Illusion is the first of all pleasures.

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses...

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses...

Men always want to be a woman's first love. That is their clumsy vanity. We...

Men always want to be a woman's first love. That is their clumsy vanity. We...

Four things greater than all things are, - Women and Horses and Power and War.

Four things greater than all things are, - Women and Horses and Power and War.

Young women especially have something invested in being nice people, and it's only when you...

Young women especially have something invested in being nice people, and it's only when you...