Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there.

Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there.

Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.

Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

Experience is the name we give to our past mistakes

Experience is the name we give to our past mistakes

Vulgarity is the conduct of other people, just as falsehoods are the truths of other...

Vulgarity is the conduct of other people, just as falsehoods are the truths of other...

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

Time is waste of money.

Time is waste of money.

A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he...

A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he...

Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious.

Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious.

In America, the young are always ready to give to those older than themselves the...

In America, the young are always ready to give to those older than themselves the...

A man cannot reason with the woman he loves: he cares about her too much.

A man cannot reason with the woman he loves: he cares about her too much.

Life is too important to be taken seriously.

Life is too important to be taken seriously.

Comfort is the only thing our civilization can give us.

Comfort is the only thing our civilization can give us.

The final mystery is oneself.

The final mystery is oneself.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

Don't ever become a pessimist, Ira; a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but...

Don't ever become a pessimist, Ira; a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but...

If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is...

If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is...

That's my gift. I let that negativity roll off me like water off a duck's...

That's my gift. I let that negativity roll off me like water off a duck's...