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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Wisdom Quotes, Wise Quotes

Questions are never indiscreet: answers sometimes are

Questions are never indiscreet: answers sometimes are

Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious.

Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious.

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us...

Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us...

It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take...

It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take...

Indeed, in many respects she was quite English and was an excellent example of the...

Indeed, in many respects she was quite English and was an excellent example of the...

Nature is always behind the age.

Nature is always behind the age.

Simplicity is Beauty and Beauty is simplicity, nothing more, nothing less.

Simplicity is Beauty and Beauty is simplicity, nothing more, nothing less.

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 security of Society lies in custom and unconscious instinct, and the basis of the...

The security of Society lies in custom and unconscious instinct, and the basis of the...

If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.

If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.

All great ideas are dangerous.

All great ideas are dangerous.

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.

The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.

Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob

Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob

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

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

The supreme object of life is to live. Few people live. It is true life...

The supreme object of life is to live. Few people live. It is true life...

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached...

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached...

We do not see things as they are. We see them as we are.

We do not see things as they are. We see them as we are.