Action is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.
There is no doubt that genius lasts longer than beauty.
The last person who ever crossed me is dead under my bed!!!
I expect I shall have to die beyond my means.
Conformity is the last refuge of the unimaginitive
Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
In this world there are two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. The last is much the worst.
Seriousness is the last refuge of the shallow.
Simple pleasures are always the last refuge of the complex
Some things are more precious because they don't last long.
The history of women is the history of the worst form of tyranny the world has ever known. The tyranny of the weak over the strong. It is the only tyranny that lasts.
Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a mans last romance.
Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women have a more subtle instinct: What they like is to be a man's last romance.
Men always want to be a woman's first love. That is their clumsy vanity. We woman have a more subtle instinct about things. What we like is to be a man's last romance.
MRS ALLONBY Is she such a mystery? LORD ILLINGWORTH She is more than a mystery - she is a mood. MRS ALLONBY Moods don't last. LORD ILLINGWORTH It is their chief charm.
Genius lasts longer than beauty
Reported as Oscar Wilde's last words on his death bed... This wallpaper is killing me. One of us has to go.
If the Socialism is Authoritarian; if there are Governments armed with economic power as they are now with political power; if, in a word, we are to have Industrial Tyrannies, then the last state of man will be worse than the first.
The only difference between a caprice and a life-long passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.
Consistency is the last resort of the unimaginative
Things last either too long, or not long enough,
No, Ernest, don't talk about action. It is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.