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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Men And Women Quotes

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...

A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.

A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.

The aim of love is to love: no more, and no less.

The aim of love is to love: no more, and no less.

Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.

Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

You know what a woman's curiosity is.

You know what a woman's curiosity is.

The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.

The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.

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...

Friendship is far more tragic than love, it lasts longer.

Friendship is far more tragic than love, it lasts longer.

The cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

The cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far...

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far...

Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever,...

Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever,...

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

I can resist everything except temptation.

I can resist everything except temptation.

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is...

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is...

To regret one's own experiences is to arrest one's own development. To deny one's own...

To regret one's own experiences is to arrest one's own development. To deny one's own...

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

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

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.

(Democracy is a government) of the fools, for the fools, by the fools.

(Democracy is a government) of the fools, for the fools, by the fools.

Congress is functioning the way the Founding Fathers intended-not very well. They understood that if...

Congress is functioning the way the Founding Fathers intended-not very well. They understood that if...

To marry unequally is to suffer equally.

To marry unequally is to suffer equally.

Politics is but the common pulse-beat, of which revolution is the fever-spasm.

Politics is but the common pulse-beat, of which revolution is the fever-spasm.