The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork - Oscar Wilde

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Etiquette Quotes, Manners Quotes

How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive.

How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive.

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...

The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.

The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.

By persistently remaining single a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.

By persistently remaining single a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.

Young people, nowadays, imagine that money is everything, and when they grow older, they know...

Young people, nowadays, imagine that money is everything, and when they grow older, they know...

A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a...

Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a...

In examinations, the foolish ask questions the wise cannot answer.

In examinations, the foolish ask questions the wise cannot answer.

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

All art is quite useless.

All art is quite useless.

Time is waste of money.

Time is waste of money.

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

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...

Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are.

Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are.

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.

It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.

Formerly we used to canonize our heroes. The modern method is to vulgarize them. Cheap...

Formerly we used to canonize our heroes. The modern method is to vulgarize them. Cheap...

Good taste is the excuse I've always given for leading such a bad life.

Good taste is the excuse I've always given for leading such a bad life.

Every man dies. Not every man really lives.

Every man dies. Not every man really lives.

All that I really have to recount are observations and notes made during the course...

All that I really have to recount are observations and notes made during the course...