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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Humanit Quotes, Life Quotes

One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what...

One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what...

My wife and I no longer have anything in common but our differences.

My wife and I no longer have anything in common but our differences.

I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about.

I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about.

While to the claims of charity a man may yield and yet be free, to...

While to the claims of charity a man may yield and yet be free, to...

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my...

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my...

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.

A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love...

A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love...

It is only the modern that ever becomes old fashioned.

It is only the modern that ever becomes old fashioned.

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...

The intellect is not a serious thing, and never has been. It is an instrument...

The intellect is not a serious thing, and never has been. It is an instrument...

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

It is always the unreadable that occurs.

It is always the unreadable that occurs.

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

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

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...

Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief

Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief

It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution

It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution

The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what...

The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what...

My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's

My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's

The first mistake in public business is the going into it.

The first mistake in public business is the going into it.

I like thinking big. If you're going to be thinking anything, you might as well...

I like thinking big. If you're going to be thinking anything, you might as well...