"It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.












In examinations the foolish ask questions that the wise cannot answer.
More Oscar Wilde quotes
"With age comes wisdom, but sometimes age comes alone.
"We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.
"Die Welt ist von Narren geschaffen, damit Weise in ihr Leben.
"Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistake...
"But then one regrets the loss even of one's worst habits. Perhaps one regrets them the most. They are such an essential part of one's personality.
"For the recognition of private property has really harmed Individualism, and obscured it, by confusing a man with what he possesses.
"The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.