We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Hope Quotes

Biography lends to death a new terror.

Biography lends to death a new terror.

How strange a thing this is! The Priest telleth me that the Soul is worth...

How strange a thing this is! The Priest telleth me that the Soul is worth...

All great ideas are dangerous.

All great ideas are dangerous.

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and...

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and...

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...

True friends stab you in the front.

True friends stab you in the front.

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...

The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.

The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.

Football is all very well as a game for rough girls, but is hardly suitable...

Football is all very well as a game for rough girls, but is hardly suitable...

Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists...

Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists...

I can resist everything except temptation.

I can resist everything except temptation.

The proper school to learn art is not life but art

The proper school to learn art is not life but art

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not...

The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not...

I want the dead lovers of the world to hear our laughter and grow sad....

I want the dead lovers of the world to hear our laughter and grow sad....

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.

Questions are never indiscreet: answers sometimes are

Questions are never indiscreet: answers sometimes are

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

Great leaders are pragmatists who can deal with difficult realities but still have the optimism...

Great leaders are pragmatists who can deal with difficult realities but still have the optimism...

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

Your tale sir, would cure deafness

Your tale sir, would cure deafness