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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Humanit Quotes, Life Quotes

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like...

To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like...

A woman will flirt with anybody in the world as long as other people are...

A woman will flirt with anybody in the world as long as other people are...

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far...

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far...

If one plays good music, people don't listen and if one plays bad music people...

If one plays good music, people don't listen and if one plays bad music people...

When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.

When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.

Until this moment, I never understood how hard it was to lose something you never...

Until this moment, I never understood how hard it was to lose something you never...

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...

Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.

Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.

Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless,...

Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless,...

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value...

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value...

I like men who have a future and women who have a past.

I like men who have a future and women who have a past.

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...

Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious; both are disappointed.

Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious; both are disappointed.

The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.

The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.

He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they...

He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they...

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.

If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we...

If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we...

To be insulted by you is to be garlanded with lilies

To be insulted by you is to be garlanded with lilies