Explore Quotations, Proverbs & Sayings
Welcome to the biggest collection of quotations, proverbs and sayings! If you are looking for a specific quotation, proverb or saying, check our universal database. We have collected over 150,000 inspirational quotations, funny quotations, movie quotations, famous proverbs and cute sayings that we would like to share with you. Find quotations, proverbs and sayings for any occasion and view them all for free.
Browse quotations by author, topic or keyword.
Browse Authors:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
(Click a letter to view the authors)
Letter "O" » Oscar Wilde Quotes
(Click a letter to view the authors)
«I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it is simply a tragedy.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
bore, delightful, merely, society, suppose, tragedy, wonderfully
«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.»
«It takes a thoroughly good woman to do a thoroughly stupid thing»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| About:
Women
| Keywords:
stupid, takes, thoroughly
«The proper basis for marriage is mutual misunderstanding»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
basis, marriage, misunderstanding, misunderstandings, misunderstands, mutual, proper
«We who live in prison, and in whose lives there is no event but sorrow, have to measure time by throbs of pain, and the record of bitter moments.»
«Philosophy teaches us to bear with equanimity the misfortunes of others»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
bear, equanimity, misfortunes, philosophy, teaches
«The more one analyses people, the more all reasons for analysis disappear. Sooner or later one comes to that dreadful universal thing called human nature.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
analyses, analysis, called, call at, call out, call up, comes, disappear, disappearing, dreadful, human, Human nature, later, More, More Than Human, reasons, sooner, sooner or later, The Calling, The Nature of Things, thing, Thing one, to that, universal, Universals
«The aim of love is to love: no more, and no less.»
«Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| About:
Women
| Keywords:
complimented, compliments, difference, disarmed, disarming, disarms, Same sex, sexes, Sex and the
«One can always be kind to people one cares nothing about.»
Get access to over 800,000 college papers on the most popular topics for only $14.95/month.
Buy essay, term paper or research paper on the specific topic at a cheap price and get a discount!
Buy essay, term paper or research paper on the specific topic at a cheap price and get a discount!
