Why was I born with such contemporaries?

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Despair Quotes, Self Importance Quotes

Nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman -...

Nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman -...

Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.

Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.

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...

It (cricket) requires one to assume such indecent postures

It (cricket) requires one to assume such indecent postures

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.

I don't like compliments, and I don't see why a man should think he is...

I don't like compliments, and I don't see why a man should think he is...

My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's.

My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's.

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...

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

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...

No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.

No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.

I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way...

I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way...

A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he...

A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he...

Journalism justifies its own existence by the great Darwinian principle of the survival of the...

Journalism justifies its own existence by the great Darwinian principle of the survival of the...

I have nothing to declare except my genuis.

I have nothing to declare except my genuis.

There is nothing so difficult to marry as a large nose.

There is nothing so difficult to marry as a large nose.

Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.

Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.

Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It...

Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It...

The Sixties are now considered a historical period, just like the Roman Empire.

The Sixties are now considered a historical period, just like the Roman Empire.

Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you!

Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you!

The soldier does not wish to appear a coward, disloyal, or un-American. The situation has...

The soldier does not wish to appear a coward, disloyal, or un-American. The situation has...