“If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society here would be quite civilized.”
Society“He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.”
Friendship“If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society here would be quite civilized.”
Society“A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.”
Work“Those whom the gods love grow young.”
Love“Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot explain away.”
Death“Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement.”
Science“The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.”
Imagination“There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.”
Life“The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.”
Art“The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.”
Good“All art is quite useless.”
Art“Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.”
Education“I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it is simply a tragedy.”
Society“Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.”
Best“No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.”
Age“I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.”
Good“Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a man's last romance.”
Love“I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being.”
Art“Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great deal of harm.”
Great“It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to be good than to be ugly.”
Good“Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship.”
Friendship