Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes.
Weitere Zitate von Oscar Wilde
Zum Autor"A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies."
"Morality does not help me. I am a born antinomian...I see that there is nothing wrong in what one does. I see that there is something wrong in what one becomes."
"He is fairer than the morning star, and whiter than the moon. For his body I would give my soul, and for his love I would surrender heaven."
"In designing the scenery and costumes for any of Shakespeare's plays, the first thing the artist has to settle is the best date for the drama. This should be determined by the general spirit of the play more than by any actual historical references which may occur in it."
"Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives."
"I don't like compliments and I don't see why a man should think he is pleasing a woman enormously when he says to her a whole heap of things that he doesn't mean."