"I am not in favour of this..." - Quote by Oscar Wilde
I am not in favour of this modern mania for turning bad people into good people at a moment's notice.
More by Oscar Wilde
“Men know life too early. Women know life too late. That is the difference between men and women.”
“As a rule, I think they are quite impossible. Geniuses talk so much, don't they? Such a bad habit! And they are always thinking about themselves, when I want them to be thinking about me.”
“Beauty has as many meanings as man has moods. Beauty is the symbol of symbols. Beauty reveals everything, because it expresses nothing. When it shows us itself, it shows us the whole fiery-coloured world.”
More on Change
“You can literally force yourself to be courteous, happy and enthusiastic with every person you meet. After you have forced yourself to be so for a short period of time... the habit takes over.”
“Love is always changing and unless we stay aware and change with it, it eludes us.”
“People say it takes 10 years to change your life. It's bullshit. It takes a moment, a second. But it may take you 10 years to get to the point of finally saying, "Enough."”
More on Morality
“Nothing is a greater stranger to my breast, or a sin that my soul more abhors, than that black and detestable one, ingratitude.”
“The wine-shops breed, in physical atmosphere of malaria and a moral pestilence of envy and vengeance, the men of crime and revolution.”
“If you're going to cheat, it's better if you don't get caught.”