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

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I...

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I...

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is...

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is...

Whenever cannibals are on the brink of starvation, Heaven, in its infinite mercy, sends them...

Whenever cannibals are on the brink of starvation, Heaven, in its infinite mercy, sends them...

Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying.

Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying.

Hearts live by being wounded.

Hearts live by being wounded.

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Crying is the refuge of plain women but the ruin of pretty ones.

Crying is the refuge of plain women but the ruin of pretty ones.

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses...

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses...

London is full of women who trust their husbands. One can always recognize them. They...

London is full of women who trust their husbands. One can always recognize them. They...

I can believe anything as long as it is incredible

I can believe anything as long as it is incredible

Everything popular is wrong.

Everything popular is wrong.

Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things...

Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things...

Few parents nowadays pay any regard to what their children say to them. The old...

Few parents nowadays pay any regard to what their children say to them. The old...

The proper school to learn art is not life but art

The proper school to learn art is not life but art

When I was young, I thought that money was the most important thing in life;...

When I was young, I thought that money was the most important thing in life;...

Those whom the gods love grow young.

Those whom the gods love grow young.

America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.

America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.

I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But...

I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But...