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

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Youth Quotes

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

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

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

The secret of life is in art.

The secret of life is in art.

Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a...

Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a...

The way of paradoxes is the way of truth.

The way of paradoxes is the way of truth.

Only the shallow know themselves.

Only the shallow know themselves.

In examinations, the foolish ask questions the wise cannot answer.

In examinations, the foolish ask questions the wise cannot answer.

When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.

When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.

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.

Music makes one feel so romantic - at least it always gets on one's nerves...

Music makes one feel so romantic - at least it always gets on one's nerves...

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

The one person who has more illusions than the dreamer is the man of action

The one person who has more illusions than the dreamer is the man of action

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.

All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.

All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.

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

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

London is full of women who trust their husbands. One can always recognize them. They...

London is full of women who trust their husbands. One can always recognize them. They...

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

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

Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do

Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do

Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn...

Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn...

I've met a few people in my time who were enthusiastic about hard work. And...

I've met a few people in my time who were enthusiastic about hard work. And...