Oscar Wilde

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.

No categories:

To section: Wilde Oscar

Subscribe to: Famous expressions

Home page and general feed

✉

Our RSS-channels

Show All

See as well

rhyme or reason

[rhyme or reason] {n. phr.} A good plan or reason; a reasonable purpose or explanation. - Used in negative, interrogative, or conditional sentences. * /Don could see no rhyme or […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Oscar Wilde

(1856-1900), The Wit & Humor of Oscar Wilde, 1959, edited by Alvin Redman It is sad. One half of the world does not believe in God, and the other half […] www.sky-net-eye.com

Oscar Wilde

There are works which wait, and which one does not understand for a long time; the reason is that they bring answers to questions which have not yet been raised; […] www.sky-net-eye.com

P.J. O'Rourke "Holidays in Hell"

You can always reason with a German. You can always reason with a barnyard animal, too, for all the good it does. www.sky-net-eye.com

Recent updates

из огня да в полымя

[из огня да в полымя] {proverb} ~ out of the frying pan into the fire

public enemy

[public enemy] {n. phr.} A famous criminal. * /Al Capone of Chicago used to be Public Enemy Number One during prohibition./

Cardinal de Retz

(1613-1679), French politician Nothing sways the stupid more than arguments they can't understand.

double-check

[double-check] {v.} 1. To do a double check on; look at again very carefully. * /When the last typing of his book was […]