Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Nobility Quotes, Stupidity Quotes

A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your...

Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your...

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value...

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value...

Biography lends to death a new terror.

Biography lends to death a new terror.

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair...

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair...

Her love was trembling in laughter on her lips.

Her love was trembling in laughter on her lips.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go

The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.

The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.

I do not approve of anything which tampers with natural ignorance

I do not approve of anything which tampers with natural ignorance

It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.

It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.

If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.

If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.

One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one

One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one

All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.

All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.

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...

One should never trust a woman who tells her real age. If she tells that,...

One should never trust a woman who tells her real age. If she tells that,...

When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.

When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.

It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will...

It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will...

Man can believe the impossible, but man can never believe the improbable.

Man can believe the impossible, but man can never believe the improbable.

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

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.