You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Humilit Quotes, Knowledge Quotes, Wishes Quotes

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.

Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless,...

Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless,...

It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.

It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.

A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment...

A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment...

An acquaintance that begins with a compliment is sure to develop into a real friendship.

An acquaintance that begins with a compliment is sure to develop into a real friendship.

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.

Each of the professions means a prejudice. The necessity for a career forces every one...

Each of the professions means a prejudice. The necessity for a career forces every one...

The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.

The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.

A true friend stabs you in the front.

A true friend stabs you in the front.

Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love,...

Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love,...

Indeed, in many respects she was quite English and was an excellent example of the...

Indeed, in many respects she was quite English and was an excellent example of the...

Put your talent into your work, but your genius into your life

Put your talent into your work, but your genius into your life

Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut;...

Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut;...

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...

To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.

To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.

Marriage is the one subject on which all women agree and all men disagree

Marriage is the one subject on which all women agree and all men disagree

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...

It is exactly because a man cannot do a thing that he is a proper...

It is exactly because a man cannot do a thing that he is a proper...

Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment

Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment

You may know a man by the company he keeps

You may know a man by the company he keeps