Quote by Oscar Wilde
There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pai

There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with the colour, the beauty, the joy of life. The less said about lifes sores the better. – Oscar Wilde

Other quotes by Oscar Wilde

How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive. – Oscar Wilde

Category:
Marriage
Read Quote

To make a good salad is to be a brilliant diplomatist — the problem is entirely the same in both cases. To know exactly how much oil one must put with ones vinegar. – Oscar Wilde

Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Beauty
category

Younger women have no problem in reconciling beauty with ambitions as a professional woman. – Camille Paglia

Category:
Beauty

Oh! this opponent, this collaborator against your will, whose notion of beauty always differs from yours and whose means are often too limited for active assistance to your intentions! – Alexander Alekhine

Category:
Beauty

The beauty of women was the first expression of my photography. – Alberto Korda

Category:
Beauty

A horse is a thing of beauty… none will tire of looking at him as long as he displays himself in his splendor. – Xenophon

Category:
Beauty

Random Quotes

By presenting a faithful and honest record of my experience as a mother, I hope to show both my readers and my children how truth can redeem even what you fear might be the gravest of sins. – Ayelet Waldman

Category:
Experience

You should hurry up and acquire the cigar habit. Its one of the major happinesses. And so much more lasting than love, so much less costly in emotional wear and tear. – Aldous Huxley

Category:
Love

I dont watch the movies I make, so I havent seen Footloose since it came out. You see this young, hungry actor, its pretty fun. I was the only one they screen tested. It was an attempt by the director and producer to talk the head of the studio into hiring me because they didnt want me. – Kevin Bacon

Category:
movies

The future that I will not live to see is the one my children will live in. Thats my immortality. And I shouldnt try to mortgage theirs for my benefit. – Justin Cronin

Category:
Future