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Value Quotes by Oscar Wilde
- Without order nothing can exist-without chaos nothing can evolve. Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.
- The value of an idea has nothing whatever to do with the sincerity of the man who expresses it.
- Art is individualism, and individualism is a disturbing and disintegrating force. There lies its immense value. For what it seeks is to disturb monotony of…
- Some people always know the price, but not the value
- The mind of the thoroughly well-informed man is a dreadful thing. It is like a bric-à-brac shop, all monsters and dust, with everything priced above…
- No publisher should ever express an opinion on the value of what he publishes. That is a matter entirely for the literary critic to decide.…
- The value of an idea has nothing whatsoever to do with the sincerity of the man who expresses it. Indeed, the probabilities are that the…
- Each class preaches the importance of those virtues it need not exercise. The rich harp on the value of thrift, the idle grow eloquent over…
- What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
- It is a sad thing to think of, but there is no doubt that genius lasts longer than beauty. That accounts for the fact that…
- Human life--that appeared to him the one thing worth investigating. Compared to it there was nothing else of any value. It was true that as…
- A man's life is of more value than a woman's. It has larger issues, wider scope, greater ambitions. Our lives revolve in curves of emotions.…
- Society, civilized society at least, is never very ready to believe anything to the detriment of those who are both rich and fascinating. It feels…
- What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. And a sentimentalist, my dear Darlington, is a…
- Experience was of no ethical value. It was merely the name men gave to their mistakes. Moralists had, as a rule, regarded it as a…
- Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.
- The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.
- A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything but the value of nothing.
- Selfishness is not living as one wisheThe cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. s to live, it is asking others…
- The cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
- These days man knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing.
- Now a day people know the price of everything but the value of nothing.
- A cynic is a person who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
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- A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value. — Isaac Asimov
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- You can only get really unpopular decisions through if the electorate is convinced of the value of the environment. That's what natural… — David Attenborough
- I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets… — Marcus Aurelius
- What value is there in faith without works? And what are they worth if they are not united to the merits of… — Teresa of Avila
- Never respect men merely for their riches, but rather for their philanthropy; we do not value the sun for its height, but… — Gamaliel Bailey
- I'm happy that I have brought laughter because I have been shown by many the value of it in so many lives,… — Lucille Ball
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