“Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes.”
Men“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“Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes.”
Men“Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.”
Experience“Work is the curse of the drinking classes.”
Work“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 life's sores the better.”
Beauty“One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.”
Death“In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin.”
Good“There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.”
Life“If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society here would be quite civilized.”
Society“Men marry because they are tired women, because they are curious both are disappointed.”
Men“I want my food dead. Not sick, not dying, dead.”
Food“Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.”
Romantic“How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive.”
Marriage“If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.”
Life“I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything.”
Love“Those whom the gods love grow young.”
Love“I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.”
God“Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion.”
Good“There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.”
Life“There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The poor can think of nothing else.”
Money“It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.”
Art