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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Humanity Quotes, Life Quotes

It is because Humanity has never known where it was going that it has been...

It is because Humanity has never known where it was going that it has been...

Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

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

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

Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us.

Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us.

Alas, I am dying beyond my means.

Alas, I am dying beyond my means.

Murder is always a mistake - one should never do anything one cannot talk about...

Murder is always a mistake - one should never do anything one cannot talk about...

There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel that no one...

There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel that no one...

Whenever cannibals are on the brink of starvation, Heaven, in its infinite mercy, sends them...

Whenever cannibals are on the brink of starvation, Heaven, in its infinite mercy, sends them...

Art is the most intense mode of invidualism that the world has known.

Art is the most intense mode of invidualism that the world has known.

The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly deceived

The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly deceived

Questions are never indiscreet: answers sometimes are

Questions are never indiscreet: answers sometimes are

One should never trust a woman who tells her real age. If she tells that,...

One should never trust a woman who tells her real age. If she tells that,...

A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything but the value of...

A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything but the value of...

If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to...

If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to...

If one tells the truth, one is sure sooner or later to be found out

If one tells the truth, one is sure sooner or later to be found out

She...can talk brillantly upon any subject provided she knows nothing about it.

She...can talk brillantly upon any subject provided she knows nothing about it.

Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

A mans face is his autobiography. A women's face is her work of fiction.

A mans face is his autobiography. A women's face is her work of fiction.