The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Humanity Quotes, Life Quotes

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...

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

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

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...

All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art...

All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art...

She behaves as if she was beautiful. Most American women do. It is the secret...

She behaves as if she was beautiful. Most American women do. It is the secret...

It is exactly because a man cannot do a thing that he is a proper...

It is exactly because a man cannot do a thing that he is a proper...

Children have a natural antipathy to books - handicraft should be the basis of education....

Children have a natural antipathy to books - handicraft should be the basis of education....

The secret of life is in art.

The secret of life is in art.

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

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

A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks.

A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks.

Men of thoughts should have nothing to do with action

Men of thoughts should have nothing to do with action

There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the...

There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the...

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

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

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on...

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on...

Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation.

Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation.

Ah, well, then I suppose I shall have to die beyond my means.

Ah, well, then I suppose I shall have to die beyond my means.

Don't give a woman advice: one should never give a woman anything she can't wear...

Don't give a woman advice: one should never give a woman anything she can't wear...

It's a bad child who does not take advice.

It's a bad child who does not take advice.

Neither give cherries to pigs nor advice to a fool.

Neither give cherries to pigs nor advice to a fool.

For when we rage, advice is often seen By blunting us to make our wits...

For when we rage, advice is often seen By blunting us to make our wits...