Funny Quotes

"Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast." ~ An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde "I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself." ~ An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde Although a skilful flatterer is a most delightful companion, if you can keep him all to yourself, his taste becomes very doubtful when he takes to complimenting other people. ~ Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens The dinner was as remarkable for the splendour and completeness of its appointments as the mansion itself, and the company were remarkable for doing it ample justice, in which respect Messrs Pyke and Pluck particularly signalised themselves; these two gentlemen eating of every dish, and drinking of every bottle, with a capacity and perseverance truly astonishing. They were remarkably fresh, too, notwithstanding their great exertions: for, on the appearance of the dessert, they broke out again, as if nothing serious had taken place since breakfast. ~ Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens "I prefer women with a past. They're always so demmed amusing to talk to." ~ Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde "History is merely gossip. But scandal is gossip made tedious by morality." ~ Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde "It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious." ~ Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde "I can resist everything except temptation." ~ Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde "Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes." ~ Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde "Ah, nowadays we are all of us so hard up, that the only pleasant things to pay are compliments. They're the only things we can pay." ~ Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde