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

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely...

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely...

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

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

History is merely gossip

History is merely gossip

Comfort is the only thing our civilization can give us.

Comfort is the only thing our civilization can give us.

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...

He must have a truly romantic nature, for he weeps when there is nothing at...

He must have a truly romantic nature, for he weeps when there is nothing at...

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it...

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it...

Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

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.

The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing

The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing

There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with...

There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with...

One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.

One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.

I can believe anything as long as it is incredible

I can believe anything as long as it is incredible

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

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

I want the dead lovers of the world to hear our laughter and grow sad....

I want the dead lovers of the world to hear our laughter and grow sad....

All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.

All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of...

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of...

There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally...

There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally...

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.

Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.