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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Wisdom Quotes, Wise Quotes

Now it seems to me that love of some kind is the only possible explanation...

Now it seems to me that love of some kind is the only possible explanation...

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

God's eternal laws are kind-and break the heart of stone.

God's eternal laws are kind-and break the heart of stone.

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Hear no evil, speak no evil - and you'll never be invited to a party

Hear no evil, speak no evil - and you'll never be invited to a party

Most men and women are forced to perform parts for which they have no qualification.

Most men and women are forced to perform parts for which they have no qualification.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.

God and other artists are always a little obscure.

God and other artists are always a little obscure.

While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the...

While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the...

Judges, like the criminal classes, have their lighter moments

Judges, like the criminal classes, have their lighter moments

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...

The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can...

The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can...

It is always a silly thing to give advice, but to give good advice is...

It is always a silly thing to give advice, but to give good advice is...

Nature is always behind the age.

Nature is always behind the age.

My duty as a gentleman has never interfered with my pleasures in the smallest degree.

My duty as a gentleman has never interfered with my pleasures in the smallest degree.

Faithfulness is to the emotional life what consistency is to the life of the intellect...

Faithfulness is to the emotional life what consistency is to the life of the intellect...

In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs forever and ever.

In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs forever and ever.

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

A democracy is a government in the hands of men of low birth, no property,...

A democracy is a government in the hands of men of low birth, no property,...

Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people

Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people

Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.

Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.

Help someone, you earn a friend. Help someone too much, you make an enemy.

Help someone, you earn a friend. Help someone too much, you make an enemy.

It's called political economy because it is has nothing to do with either politics or...

It's called political economy because it is has nothing to do with either politics or...