Quote #15707
The basis of optimism is sheer terror.
Category Archives: Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
Quote #10980
There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and...
Quote #6378
Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest...
Quote #6379
There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel that no...
Quote #6380
When a woman marries again, it is because she detested her first husband. When...
Quote #6381
Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will...
Quote #6382
To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take...
Quote #6309
I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters,...
Quote #6310
I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better...
Quote #6311
I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex.