Selected Quotes

"In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. "

"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. "

"I can resist anything except temptation. "

"Misfortunes one can endure--they come from outside, they are accidents. But to suffer for one's own faults--ah!--there is the sting of life. "

"My dear Arthur, I never talk scandal. I only talk gossip.
What is the difference between scandal and gossip?
Oh! Gossip is charming! History is merely gossip. But scandal is gossip made tedious by morality. "

"I like talking to a brick wall- it's the only thing in the world that never contradicts me! "

"How long could you love a woman who didn't love you, Cecil?
A woman who didn't love me? Oh, all my life! "

"What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing "

"Good heavens! how marriage ruins a man! It's as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive "

"I think life too complex a thing to be settled by these hard and fast rules. "

"A man who moralizes is a hypocrite, and a woman who does so is invariably plain. "

"Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes "