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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Nobility Quotes, Stupidity Quotes

To get back one's youth one has merely to repeat one's follies

To get back one's youth one has merely to repeat one's follies

As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When...

As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When...

Popularity is the one insult I have never suffered.

Popularity is the one insult I have never suffered.

Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends up blocking his retreat.

Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends up blocking his retreat.

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.

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...

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...

Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.

Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.

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

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

Biography lends to death a new terror.

Biography lends to death a new terror.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you...

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you...

The only reward for love is the experience of loving.

The only reward for love is the experience of loving.

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...

When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with...

When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with...

Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.

Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.

I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It...

I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It...

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

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

When your lover is a liar, you and he have a lot in common, you're...

When your lover is a liar, you and he have a lot in common, you're...

I have never known a more vulgar expression of betrayal and deceit.

I have never known a more vulgar expression of betrayal and deceit.

It is a known fact that men are practical, hardheaded realists, in contrast to women,...

It is a known fact that men are practical, hardheaded realists, in contrast to women,...