Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive us everything, even our gigantic intellects.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Women Quotes

Marriage is not a word; it is a sentence

Marriage is not a word; it is a sentence

The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.

The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

While to the claims of charity a man may yield and yet be free, to...

While to the claims of charity a man may yield and yet be free, to...

Only the shallow know themselves.

Only the shallow know themselves.

Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.

Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead...

Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead...

Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying.

Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying.

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

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

The past is of no importance. The present is of no importance. It is with...

The past is of no importance. The present is of no importance. It is with...

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

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...

Young people, nowadays, imagine that money is everything, and when they grow older, they know...

Young people, nowadays, imagine that money is everything, and when they grow older, they know...

All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art...

All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art...

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...

The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary...

The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary...

The final mystery is oneself.

The final mystery is oneself.

The future is religion and commerce, aphrodisiac and Benzedrine, a mother of mysterious comfort and...

The future is religion and commerce, aphrodisiac and Benzedrine, a mother of mysterious comfort and...

Mystery magnifies danger, as a fog the sun

Mystery magnifies danger, as a fog the sun

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what...

I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what...