When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Gods Quotes, Prayer Quotes, Punishment Quotes

Hatred is blind, as well as love.

Hatred is blind, as well as love.

The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can...

The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can...

In marriage, as in war, it is permitted to take every advantage of the enemy.

In marriage, as in war, it is permitted to take every advantage of the enemy.

Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are.

Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are.

To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like...

To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like...

Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.

Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.

The only reward for love is the experience of loving.

The only reward for love is the experience of loving.

When a woman marries again it is because she detested her first husband. When a...

When a woman marries again it is because she detested her first husband. When a...

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of...

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of...

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.

When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.

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.

When I was young, I thought that money was the most important thing in life;...

When I was young, I thought that money was the most important thing in life;...

Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things...

Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things...

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it...

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it...

Yet each man kills the thing he loves from all let this be heard some...

Yet each man kills the thing he loves from all let this be heard some...

An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer...

An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer...

A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's...

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's...

No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by...

No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by...