When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Life Quotes

An inordinate passion for pleasure is the secret of remaining young

An inordinate passion for pleasure is the secret of remaining young

Marriage is not a word; it is a sentence

Marriage is not a word; it is a sentence

Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us;...

Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us;...

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

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

A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything but the value of...

A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything but the value of...

I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it....

I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it....

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on...

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on...

Mr. Henry James writes fiction as if it were a painful duty.

Mr. Henry James writes fiction as if it were a painful duty.

And now, I am dying beyond my means.

And now, I am dying beyond my means.

She...can talk brillantly upon any subject provided she knows nothing about it.

She...can talk brillantly upon any subject provided she knows nothing about it.

Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot...

Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot...

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.

Judges, like the criminal classes, have their lighter moments

Judges, like the criminal classes, have their lighter moments

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend...

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend...

Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.

Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

In the wild struggle for existance, we want to have something that endures, and so...

In the wild struggle for existance, we want to have something that endures, and so...

The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything: the young know everything.

The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything: the young know everything.

Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a...

Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a...

How could a man be satisfied with a decision between such alternatives and under such...

How could a man be satisfied with a decision between such alternatives and under such...

Babies don't need a vacation but I still see them at the beach. I'll go...

Babies don't need a vacation but I still see them at the beach. I'll go...

A very slight change in our habits is sufficient to destroy our sense of our...

A very slight change in our habits is sufficient to destroy our sense of our...