There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating; people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Knowledge Quotes

There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with...

There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with...

If there is anything in the world more annoying than having people talk about you,...

If there is anything in the world more annoying than having people talk about you,...

No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.

No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.

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...

A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

A red rose is not selfish because it wants to be a red rose. It...

A red rose is not selfish because it wants to be a red rose. It...

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim

To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim

Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.

Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.

The only real people are the people who never existed

The only real people are the people who never existed

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,...

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.

The world has been made by fools that men should live in it

The world has been made by fools that men should live in it

Action is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.

Action is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.

There are two ways of disliking poetry; one way is to dislike it, the other...

There are two ways of disliking poetry; one way is to dislike it, the other...

In marriage, as in war, it is permitted to take every advantage of the enemy.

In marriage, as in war, it is permitted to take every advantage of the enemy.

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

The ideal condition would be, I admit, that men should be right by instinct; but...

The ideal condition would be, I admit, that men should be right by instinct; but...

Teaching is useless unless you can learn from your students.

Teaching is useless unless you can learn from your students.

Technology is changing our lives. It cannot and will not change what is fundamental to...

Technology is changing our lives. It cannot and will not change what is fundamental to...