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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Wisdom Quotes, Wise Quotes

If one plays good music, people don't listen and if one plays bad music people...

If one plays good music, people don't listen and if one plays bad music people...

We all live in the gutter but some of us are looking up at the...

We all live in the gutter but some of us are looking up at the...

Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.

Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.

What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do,...

What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do,...

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...

A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love...

A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love...

Insincerity is merely a method by which we can multiply our personalities

Insincerity is merely a method by which we can multiply our personalities

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

Simple pleasures are always the last refuge of the complex

Simple pleasures are always the last refuge of the complex

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...

Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of...

Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of...

There's nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It's a thing...

There's nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It's a thing...

All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.

All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.

It was only a sunny smile and little it cost in the giving but like...

It was only a sunny smile and little it cost in the giving but like...

When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life;...

When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life;...

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...

A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment...

A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment...

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

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

Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film...

Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film...

You've got a way with me. Somehow you got me to believe in everything that...

You've got a way with me. Somehow you got me to believe in everything that...

This is the book I never read ~~ These are the words I never said...

This is the book I never read ~~ These are the words I never said...