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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Wisdom Quotes, Wise Quotes

Biography lends to death a new terror.

Biography lends to death a new terror.

Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.

Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.

Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot...

Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot...

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

Scepticism is the beginning of Faith.

Scepticism is the beginning of Faith.

We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.

We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.

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 dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and often convincing.

I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and often convincing.

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...

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

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...

True friends stab you in the front.

True friends stab you in the front.

Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation

Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us

Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us

A red rose is not selfish because it wants to be a red rose. It...

A red rose is not selfish because it wants to be a red rose. It...

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

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

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...

The world is divided into two classes, those who believe the incredible, and those who...

The world is divided into two classes, those who believe the incredible, and those who...

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.