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

An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer...

An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer...

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.

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always...

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always...

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own...

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own...

Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless...

Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless...

Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists...

Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists...

When a man has once loved a woman he will do anything for her except...

When a man has once loved a woman he will do anything for her except...

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

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

A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.

A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.

Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had...

Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had...

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

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...

Ambition is the last refuge of failure.

Ambition is the last refuge of failure.

There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel that no one...

There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel that no one...

Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the...

Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the...

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.

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...

Love and stoplights can be cruel.

Love and stoplights can be cruel.

When we love what we do, then we only do what we love.

When we love what we do, then we only do what we love.

There's some of Romeo's romance in me... I romanticise a lot of things in my...

There's some of Romeo's romance in me... I romanticise a lot of things in my...