Thinking is the most unhealthy thing in the world, and people die of it just as they die of any other disease. Fortunately, in England at any rate, thought is not catching. Our splendid physique as a people is entirely…

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Thinking Quotes

From the point of view of literature Mr. Kipling is a genius who drops his...

From the point of view of literature Mr. Kipling is a genius who drops his...

An inordinate passion for pleasure is the secret of remaining young

An inordinate passion for pleasure is the secret of remaining young

The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can...

The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can...

The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts...

The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts...

The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when...

The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when...

Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing.

Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing.

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

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...

Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier...

Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier...

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it...

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it...

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...

One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.

One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.

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...

They afterwards took me to a dancing saloon where I saw the only rational method...

They afterwards took me to a dancing saloon where I saw the only rational method...

People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they...

People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they...

One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.

One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.

Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it

Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

I prefer credulity to skepticism and cynicism for there is more promise in almost anything...

I prefer credulity to skepticism and cynicism for there is more promise in almost anything...

Do unto others 20% better than you would expect them to do unto you, to...

Do unto others 20% better than you would expect them to do unto you, to...

Next to love, sympathy is the divinest passion of the human heart

Next to love, sympathy is the divinest passion of the human heart