Oscar Wilde

The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything, and the young know everything.

The stage is not merely the meeting place of all the arts, but is also the return of art to life.

Each of the professions means a prejudice. The necessity for a career forces every one to take sides. We live in the age of the overworked, and the under-educated; the age in which people are so industrious that they become absolutely stupid.

She wore far too much rouge last night and not quite enough clothes. That is always a sign of despair in a woman.

Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious; both are disappointed.

It's absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.

How clever you are, my dear! You never mean a single word you say.

Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.

I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability.

The greatest of all sins is stupidity.