Quote #80
People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves.
More from Oscar Wilde
- When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others.
- Experience was of no ethical value. It was merely the name men gave to their mistakes.
- Women are a decorative sex. They never have anything to say, but they say it charmingly.
- The people who love only once in their lives are really the shallow people. What they call their loyalty, and their fidelity, I call either…
- Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious: both are disappointed.
- Punctuality is the thief of time.
- Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.
- There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.