Examinations, sir, are pure humbug from beginning to end. If a man is a gentleman, he knows quite enough, and if he is not a gentleman, whatever he knows is bad for him.
- from The Picture of Dorian Gray book by Oscar Wilde
Examinations, sir, are pure humbug from beginning to end. If a man is a gentleman, he knows quite enough, and if he is not a gentleman, whatever he knows is bad for him.
- from The Picture of Dorian Gray book by Oscar Wilde
Never trust a woman who wears mauve, whatever her age may be, or a woman over thirty-five who is fond of pink ribbons. It always means that they have a history.
- from The Picture of Dorian Gray book by Oscar Wilde
Shallow sorrows and shallow loves live on. The loves and sorrows that are great are destroyed by their own plenitude.
- from The Picture of Dorian Gray book by Oscar Wilde
Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless who know love's tragedies.
- from The Picture of Dorian Gray book by Oscar Wilde
Women treat us just as humanity treats its gods. They worship us, and are always bothering us to do something for them.
- from The Picture of Dorian Gray book by Oscar Wilde