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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Age Quotes, Faithfulness Quotes, Funny Quotes, Men Quotes

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

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

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

Popularity is the one insult I have never suffered.

Popularity is the one insult I have never suffered.

Biography lends to death a new terror.

Biography lends to death a new terror.

All trials are trials for one's life, just as all sentences are sentences of death.

All trials are trials for one's life, just as all sentences are sentences of death.

I sometimes think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability

I sometimes think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability

The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.

The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.

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

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

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.

Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

A kiss may ruin a human life.

A kiss may ruin a human life.

Children have a natural antipathy to books - handicraft should be the basis of education....

Children have a natural antipathy to books - handicraft should be the basis of education....

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...

I don't like compliments, and I don't see why a man should think he is...

I don't like compliments, and I don't see why a man should think he is...

Charity creates a multitude of sins.

Charity creates a multitude of sins.

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

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

I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and often convincing.

I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and often convincing.

The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most...

The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most...

I would sort out all the arguments and see which belonged to fear and which...

I would sort out all the arguments and see which belonged to fear and which...

A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A...

A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A...