Whenever cannibals are on the brink of starvation, Heaven, in its infinite mercy, sends them a nice plump missionary

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Heaven Quotes

People who count their chickens before they are hatched, act very wisely, because chickens run...

People who count their chickens before they are hatched, act very wisely, because chickens run...

Conscience and cowardice are really the same things. Conscience is the trade-name of the firm....

Conscience and cowardice are really the same things. Conscience is the trade-name of the firm....

So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is...

So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is...

Any preoccupation with ideas of what is right or wrong in conduct shows an arrested...

Any preoccupation with ideas of what is right or wrong in conduct shows an arrested...

Only the shallow know themselves.

Only the shallow know themselves.

He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.

He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great...

Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great...

The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what fiction means.

The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what fiction means.

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

I have met a lot of hardboiled eggs in my time, but you're twenty minutes.

I have met a lot of hardboiled eggs in my time, but you're twenty minutes.

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that...

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that...

Nature is always behind the age

Nature is always behind the age

Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless...

Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless...

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...

If there was less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the...

If there was less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the...

The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can...

The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can...

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at...

Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at...

Gravitation can not be held responsible for people falling in love.

Gravitation can not be held responsible for people falling in love.

No good work whatever can be perfect, and the demand for perfection is always a...

No good work whatever can be perfect, and the demand for perfection is always a...