Quotes About Perspective

Women are wonderfully practical,' murmured Lord Henry, 'much more practical than we are. In situations of that kind we often forget to say anything about marriage, and they always remind us.

the value of an idea has nothing whatsoever to do with the sincerity of the man who expresses it.

When I see a spade I call it a spade. I'm glad to say I have never seen a spade!

The man who says his wife can't take a joke, forgets she took him.

Forty is the old age of youth; fifty is the youth of old age.

Life is never fair, Robert. And perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not.

The value of an idea has nothing to do with the honesty of the man expressing it.

La risa es la actitud primitiva hacia la vida, una forma de acercamiento que sólo sobrevive en artistas y criminales.

Hoy en día la gente conoce el precio de todo y el valor de nada.

For romantic young people like he is, the world always looks best at a distance; and a prison where one's allowed to order one's own dinner is not at all bad.

Art is not a thing. It is a way.

Besides, every experience is of value, and whatever one may say against marriage, it is certainly an experience.

I would merely beg you not to be too much bowed down by grief. What seem to us bitter trails are often blessings in disguise.

It is only an auctioneer who should admire all schools of art.

If the caveman had known how to laugh, history would have been different.

People are either hunting for husbands, or hiding from them.

His principles were out of date, but there was a good deal to be said for his prejudices.

We are not sent into the world to air our moral prejudices.

Non vi sono libri morali o libri immorali. Vi sono libri scritti bene e libri scritti male, e nient'altro.

Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world's original sin. If the caveman had known how to laugh, history would have been different.

Humph! tell your Aunt Agatha, Harry, not to bother me any more with her charity appeals. I am sick of them. Why, the good woman thinks that I have nothing to do but to write cheques for her silly fads." "All right, Uncle George, I'll tell her, but it won't have any effect. Philanthropic people lose all sense of humanity. It is their distinguishing characteristic.

You should treat the trivial things in life seriously and the serious things in life with a sincere and studied triviality

Nichts Interessantes ist jemals richtig.

You must admit, Harry, that women give to men the very gold of their lives.' 'Possibly,' he sighed, 'but they invariably want it back in such very small change.