Oscar Wilde ( 10 of 342 )
One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.
One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.
A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure. I read more
A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure. I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.
Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless who know love's tragedies.
Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless who know love's tragedies.
These days man knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing.
These days man knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing.
Why was I born with such contemporaries?
Why was I born with such contemporaries?
Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived
Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived
Art is the most intense mode of invidualism that the world has known.
Art is the most intense mode of invidualism that the world has known.
The one person who has more illusions than the dreamer is the man of action
The one person who has more illusions than the dreamer is the man of action
The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.
The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.
If one tells the truth, one is sure sooner or later to be found out
If one tells the truth, one is sure sooner or later to be found out
